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TL;DR

What ?

• Allow stations to be selected for adding to the train orders with the 'Add station' button being at the top rather than the bottom of the list of train stops.
• Have fixed button(s) rather than the 'floating' '+ Add station' button
• Perhaps have 2 buttons, one to add a station to the top of the list, and another to add a station at the bottom.

Why ?

• Train orders are normally quite simple, with 2,3 or 4 stops, and simple conditions
• The '+ Add station' button remains visible in the GUI
• Once there are more than 7 stops with 1 condition (or fewer stops with more complex conditions), the '+ Add station' button is no longer visible, and users have to scroll through the orders to bring it back into view.
• Apart from anything else, this isn't great GUI design, but it's also a chore when having 'PAX' type trains where the orders build up over time. Every new stop for a PAX train needs more and more scrolling to bring the button into view.
• Intuitively, with the introduction of more complex train orders described in recent FFF, I suspect that this (imo) poor GUI design will become more of an issue.

mrvn wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:29 pm

Adding new stations to the bottom is probably more intuitive. But the "add" button could be always visible at the bottom so no scrolling is needed.

Personally I'm not sure if I use the add button more than just shift/ctrl clicking on the map to add stations. But then again I use LTN so most train schedules are generated and I only program the very few exceptions manually.