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Map Editor for CrossCode
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Add an option for copying JSON data #328

Open lexisother opened 3 months ago

lexisother commented 3 months ago

When patching existing maps, it'd be handy if users could copy entire JSON structures of entities or properties of said entities (e.g. event in EventTrigger)

Vegita2 commented 3 months ago

Could you clarify your request? Currently, copying entities automatically copies their JSON to the clipboard. This could be expanded for other things that can be copied, like event/action steps. Is this what you mean?

lexisother commented 3 months ago

Honestly, I completely forgot that copying entities also copies their data to the clipboard. However, copying data from main functions (event/action steps, NPC states) or even specific widgets would be handy as well.

XenonA7 commented 3 months ago

Having event and action steps use the clipboard would be a huge improvement to the map editor, just as it was back when this feature was added to props. Being able to copy/paste event/action steps between different EventTrigger entities alone would greatly improve the user experience.

XenonA7 commented 3 months ago

Something to consider is that there are a handful of event/action steps with identical names and data structures, such as WAIT. Copying a WAIT event step and pasting it into an action will probably work. However, there are quite a few steps unique to events or actions, and there are some steps like SHOW_EFFECT that exist as both event and action steps with slight differences between the two versions.

Generally, copying action steps into an event and vice versa will likely be a problem. New users will certainly not understand the difference between event/action steps because they look the same in the editor. I think there needs to be some sort of protection built-in for this if clipboard copy/paste is added.