pyremius
September 10th, 2013, 07:24 AM
From a comment made by Zaphod Beebledoc over in the Early Access thread, I would like to request the ability to "group" snippets within a topic. Specifically, I mean the ability to keep all of the grouped snippets adjacent to each other within a category, so that other snippets cannot be mixed in, nor can they be accidentally moved out. While not as effective as a radio button, it should serve the same purpose, and has a broader range of applications. For instance: complex magic items with multiple, independently-identified capabilities: multiple background points on a single theme (a character might have 6-8 snippets covering aspects of their relationship with one NPC, and another 4-5 for a second NPC, etc.).
One implementation might be to add a pointer to a preceding snippet, and when that pointer is set it is not possible to insert anything between the two. This would mean that once a series of snippets have been "grouped", the only way to reorder them or add another snippet to the group would be to first "un-group" them, then "re-group" them after the changes are complete. In this way the first snippet in the group can be placed anywhere within the topic, and the other snippets will follow along behind.
One implementation might be to add a pointer to a preceding snippet, and when that pointer is set it is not possible to insert anything between the two. This would mean that once a series of snippets have been "grouped", the only way to reorder them or add another snippet to the group would be to first "un-group" them, then "re-group" them after the changes are complete. In this way the first snippet in the group can be placed anywhere within the topic, and the other snippets will follow along behind.