Easy Error Checking

Hi Vladimir.

As filters get more complicated, so does the error checking. I had a couple of ideas to make this easier.

Firstly if all components that were dropped onto the Workspace were automatically Numbered and the Number displayed in the green band containing the Component name.
Then when looking at the Component properties instead of saying “Mapped with Offset” it should say “Mapped with Offset (15)” for example.

Also
A lot of the components could have more info on them. For example The Blend Component should have the blend mode written on the Component, Also the Opacity should be on the Component.
Offset should have the offset values on the component etc.

The Green lines connecting components could be replaced with random colours. It is difficult to ‘see’ where some connections are going (especially if the are hidden behind components).If the arrowheads were different colours then they would be easier to follow.

Pushpins.
I would like push pins. A component that did nothing but that we could ‘bend’ connections round and also a place where we could temporarily attach connections to. Pushpins could serve loads of purposes, They could open up as a note field. Connectors pulled from pushpins could let the program know to make a duplicate connector.
They would again make error checking easier by allowing the disconnection of a connector without ‘loosing’ it

All would make error checking much easier and quicker.


Ken.

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Ken wrote: Pushpins.

That's the word!

I had been thinking of suggesting like this, it's exactly what I was thinking of - just didn't find the right word.

Ah, and chalk up a vote for visible component numbering and tool-tips.

Rô