Hot key for opening maneuver nodes

[Tianar]

When attempting to plot a course to say Duna, it is quite difficult to select the maneuver node and open it, especially if you have several craft in orbit. Currently, if you need to plot a course you create a node, then zoom out as you increase the burn so you can see where your course ends up (to see if you've got an encounter). Sometimes you accidentally click somewhere and close the node, and then you have to zoom back into Kerbin and reopen the node, then zoom back out to continue plotting your course.

If this isn't already a feature, I would like to suggest adding a hot key for opening the current maneuver node and/or cycling through them (with them open). This would make plotting courses in KSP a lot easier. As far as I'm aware there isn't currently a hot key that allows one to easily open the maneuver node when you're on the map screen.

[nholzric]

Awesome idea! The zooming in an out is really obnoxious. Your observation is true when planning a maneuver node for a known transfer window and if you're experimenting with a maneuver node to look for novel transfers. A hot key sounds like the right solution to the problem of accidentally closing the nodes (which is easy to do). For another suggestion to make planning maneuvers - transfers in particular - more convenient, check out this thread http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/108944-Transfer-Nodes

[dryer_lint]

Yes, please.

[Starwhip]

How about "N".. wait, drat. That's being used.

Um... Node... "O" is available. So is "P".

They don't work as well as "N" though.

I like it!

[TMS]

PreciseNode uses 'O' as its hotkey.

[Rokmonkey]

Agreed. I have to use PreciseNode these days. I come to play, and that mod makes using maneuver nodes so much simpler without having to deal with the finicky UI.