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"Custom Triggers" tab - collapsible categories (suggestion)

HonigBallHonigBall
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Hey!

I am using ACT for Everquest 2 for years now and thus have accumulated a mass of different triggers. Sometimes, when searching for certain triggers, it takes quite a while scrolling through all the categories until I find the trigger I need to share.
Whenever I tried to collapse some of the older categories to reduce the size of the page, it seems ACT does not remember the "state" (collapsed / not collapsed) after restarting, so I would need to collapse them after every start.
Most of the triggers are not needed anymore, but I do not want to delete them, just in case I revisit older zones. Would it be feasible to add the possibility of saving the current state of (or maybe even hiding) categories to ease scrolling through the triggers?

Thanks a lot!
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  • EQAdituEQAditu
    I might as well comment now that I've given it a moment of thought.

    It's not super easy because the existence of categories are not technically saved in the config files.  Each spell/trigger is its own config line and each one mentions a category.  
    <CustomTriggers>
        <Trigger Active="True" Regex="aa" SoundData="" SoundType="0" CategoryRestrict="False" Category=" General" Timer="False" TimerName="" Tabbed="False" />
        <Trigger Active="True" Regex="bb" SoundData="" SoundType="0" CategoryRestrict="False" Category=" General" Timer="False" TimerName="" Tabbed="False" />
        <Trigger Active="True" Regex="cc" SoundData="" SoundType="0" CategoryRestrict="False" Category=" General" Timer="False" TimerName="" Tabbed="False" />
        <Trigger Active="True" Regex="aa" SoundData="" SoundType="0" CategoryRestrict="False" Category="123" Timer="False" TimerName="" Tabbed="False" />
        <Trigger Active="True" Regex="bb" SoundData="" SoundType="0" CategoryRestrict="False" Category="123" Timer="False" TimerName="" Tabbed="False" />
    </CustomTriggers>
    But the categories are not mentioned on their own in the config.  The categories only end up existing because a spell/trigger mentions it.  There's not a great place to store UI treenode expansion.

    I would have to come up with a custom solution on where to store this data.
  • HonigBallHonigBall
    Sorry for replying so late!

    I can see the issue. Since all the settings (including the category) revolve around the spell/trigger and are not a UI specific setting per se, it is hard (and to be honest: false) to try and squish something not directly related to the spell/trigger into the config files.

    It would be nice if you happen to come up with any idea, but please don't put too much time or effort into it. I will think about other possibilities as well, something like maintaining a "master config" or extracting unnecessary triggers and importing again when needed.

    Thank you a lot for your time!
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