A Favorite Parts Palette

[p1t1o]

I'd like to suggest, a "favorite parts palette" - one way it could manifest is this: a row of, say ten, boxes along the bottom of the screen, in VAB or SPH, where I can drag a part and have it there for quick access, to save clicking through the menus every time you need "that part" that you always use, radial separators, your fave series of fuel tanks, your fave engines, the RCS quad you use etc etc.

Super useful.

Anyone disagree?

[KrazyKrl]

I would suggest something like a quickmenu.

1.) Press a keybind like ctrl-F or B (for bookmarks) Of course it would be configurable.

2.) A menu comes up with a 4x2 or 4x3 grid of buttons. (QWER,ASDF; or QWER,ASDF,ZXCV) Configurable of course.

3.) TAPPING the key would PLACE the item.

4.) HOLDING the key would DISPLAY TOOLTIP (like mouseover does.)

5.) DOUBLE TAPPING, or pressing a number key; would PAGE to another. i.e. you could have the main page, then page Q, with an additional 8+ items.

6.) Pressing the open favorites key would close it, or go back one page.

7.) Pressing anything other than the keys expressly used for the menu, would close the menu from any page.

To set the items, you could simply shift-hotkey them. i.e. Shift-Q or Shift-doubletap Q (for page Q, Q slot.)

The items themselves could have an overlay of letters, displaying if they are Favorited, and where. i.e. A simple "Q-Q" or "Q" would suffice.

Edited September 9, 2013 by KrazyKrl