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[QOL] Add Copy To Clipboard command to item information menu
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Captain Panther
Development institute
C A M E L O T
#1 - 2017-03-06 09:04:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Captain Panther
Warning! This is Quality of Life improvement which means miscelaneous feature request to simplify commonly used routines. Don't post about lazy and such.

Suggestion:
- Add Copy Item Name to Clipboard command to item information menu like https://www.dropbox.com/s/a61etpwvz5r1g9r/111.jpg?dl=0 so we can copy item name directly to clipboard
- (optional) Add Copy Item ID To Clipboard command to item information menu.

Benefits:
- Intuitive way to get the item name!
- We can get any item name very fast and without the need to type
- Non-english speaking pilots will have less troubles typing item names outside eve
- Item IDs can be useful for 3rd party tools users but i don't use them much so this benefit is questionable.

Before you comment mind following:
- There are a lot of 3rd party tool which utilize item names and IDs, when you have to use them on occasion you have to type much. For example i want to check a list of 20 random items i have in orders on eve-central and i have to type each of them partially in the search box.
- There are a lot of newbies who don't even know about famous 3rd party tools. Trust me, they type item names a lot :)
- Dev efforts are minimal! Add new context menu entry, add simple action. The name is already in the window.

For discussion:
- We have EvE clients with different languages. Should the item name be copied in english only or the language displayed in the info? English is required for most 3rd party tools, but would not be obvious if you have different language UI.


PS: if i miss the way i can get the item name easily, please let me (noob) know :) Thank you.

SATRO - канал рекрутинга ФВ ПвП корпы Space Traffic Control альянса Heiian Conglomerate. Ведем набор пилотов соответствующего направления для роумов по лоусеку в составе флота Альянса и форматного просева рядов галлов! :)
Do Little
Bluenose Trading
#2 - 2017-03-06 09:31:53 UTC
The easiest way I've discovered is drag the item into a chat window, highlight and CTRL C to copy.

Then CTRL V to paste. An example of something fairly complicated dragged from the market window:

Standup XL-Set Laboratory Optimization I

Not as intuitive as the method you propose but it's fast and it works.
Captain Panther
Development institute
C A M E L O T
#3 - 2017-03-06 09:44:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Captain Panther
Do Little wrote:
The easiest way I've discovered is drag the item into a chat window, highlight and CTRL C to copy.

Then CTRL V to paste. An example of something fairly complicated dragged from the market window:

Standup XL-Set Laboratory Optimization I

Not as intuitive as the method you propose but it's fast and it works.


Thanks for the solution :) This definetly works but QoL suggestion still rocks!
Cons:
- As it was said, not intuitive
- Had to do drag, keyboard Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C instead of 2 simple clicks
- Copied name will have blank characters that has to be trimmed in some cases
- When i need to get many item names i had to erase previous one in the chat or use mouse to tackle new item name with precision

Pros:
- Can live with it if i had to get one or two item names not more

SATRO - канал рекрутинга ФВ ПвП корпы Space Traffic Control альянса Heiian Conglomerate. Ведем набор пилотов соответствующего направления для роумов по лоусеку в составе флота Альянса и форматного просева рядов галлов! :)