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[Feature Request (Pro)] Task Category creation and Task Search scoped to Category

zankievit

zankievit

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Currently, I find it rather annoying/time-consuming to navigate the Task/Node context menu.

If I don't know what I'm looking for:
I cannot see what a node does before creating it, which resets the context menu if I do, making the search excessively tedious.
Duplicate node names with only the namespace origin shown adds to that tediousness.

If I know what I'm looking for:
Whenever I use the search bar to search for something, I get all kinds of things added to the list from the codebase and from other categories, cluttering everything up.
With only a baseline Category system, you can have to do a lot of scrolling to find something you're looking for.

These issues would be solved if the following features were to be added to the Context Menu:
  • Show Task description on Hover of Task.
  • Scope the Search bar to the Category you're in, excluding child categories.
  • Custom Task Categories of custom Tasks.
  • Separate Add-on/Sample Tasks into their own Categories.
It would be great if this could be done!
 
Thanks for the suggestion. This is the first thing that I plan on taking a look at for version 2.1. Right now I am close to getting the Formation Pack out for Behavior Designer Pro, then the Tactical Pack. After that it'll be 2.1. Having a better filter window is definitely needed long term.
 
I've been working on version 2.1 and the filter window has been greatly enhanced:
  • In version 2.0.12 the Category attribute was introduced.
  • In version 2.0.12 all of tasks had their category added.
  • The FilterWindow will now show details about the highlighted element in a pane beneath the list.
  • The search will only search the children of the selected element. From my tests I thought that it made more sense to include any nested children but this can be changed if I get a lot of feedback in one way or the other.
  • Improved the sorting of the FilterWindow. The folders will always appear at the top.
  • A "Create New" option has been added which allows you to quickly create new tasks of the specified type.
There's a video here:

https://bsky.app/profile/opsive.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lto7p4l24c2e
 
That looks like a great improvement!
I don't know if it's technically feasible, but it would be great if the summary of methods can be shown in that new details pane.

Btw, the integrations do not seem to be categorised yet in 2.0.12, at least not the newest Sensor toolkit 2 one I'm using.
 
You're referring to the XML code comments? I looked but unfortunately that's not possible. I haven't updated the integrations yet
 
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