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NikolayXHD / Mtgdb

Mtgdb.Gui - desktop app to search MTG cards and build decks
https://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=19299
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Feature request: List views for collection etc. #74

Closed paulsnoops closed 2 years ago

paulsnoops commented 2 years ago

Feature request

Would it be possible to get list views for all areas but especially collection?

NikolayXHD commented 2 years ago

Since I do not actively develop Mtgdb.Gui and there are no volonteers either, there is no one to implement it or any other feature request, for that matter.

Aside from that, Mtgdb.Gui is cross-platform, which means it has to rely on Mono.NET and WinForms to run both in Windows and Linux.

Implementing a decent UI with table / grid in this circumstances would be pretty expensive in terms of labor. To give you an idea of scale, the existing album-like view for cards had to be done completely from ground up, not using any existing WinForms controls, and it took me months.

NikolayXHD commented 2 years ago

For any workflow, that benefits from table-like presentation, I would suggest resorting to copy-paste / export features of Mtgdb.Gui, so that you get a spredsheet and work with it in any other application.

If this would be helpful to you, I am ready to discuss what data needs to be in that spreadsheet and possibly improve existing copy / paste / export so that you can have the spreadsheet with the data you need.

paulsnoops commented 2 years ago

That's completely fair and understandle, so no worries!

I already have my colletion database elsewhere and in a spreadsheet, it was more a suggestion as an option inside the app but I can see how difficult it's going to be to implement but thank you for your reply!

I will close this issue, thanks again :)