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chromicacid
September 20th, 2025, 19:05
If this is already a thing, I haven't found it yet. Open to refinements.

Goal:
Improve multi-character/item/ability views at a glance.
Fewer windows that I have to manage and move around.

Problem:
I'm still relatively new to FGU, and the single-window-heavy interface has made the experience a bit tedious. When I'm trying to prepare a session, I'm often having to open many character sheets and items and abilities one by one, which results in many open windows that I have to close one by one.

Propose:
- DM tool: Multiple characters window.
Double-clicking a character link would open the character sheet in its own window (same functionality as now, but moved to double-click). Single-clicking would open the character sheet as a subwindow within a parent window (default size as if opened on its own, no re-sizing, side-by-side if there's room). Single-clicking additional character links would add them to this window (and automatically scroll the parent window to the new addition). Within this parent window, double-clicking a character link would open the character sheet in its own window (same as now) without removing it from the parent window. I want to be able to close individual character windows from within this parent window, as well as close the whole thing at once.

- DM/Player tool: Multiple items window
Same idea, but for items

- DM/Player tool: All abilities window
Similar idea, but unique to a character. If my character has a number of class abilities/feats/talents/etc., I want to be able to open all of their individual description in a single parent window so that I can look through them all at a glance, and then close them all at once. Similarly to the previous proposals, the individual windows would be opened at their default size as if opened on their own, no re-sizing, and side-by-side if the parent window has room.

LordEntrails
September 20th, 2025, 19:27
The devs ask that feature requests go on the feature request list here: Fantasy Grounds - Feature Requests (https://www.fantasygrounds.com/featurerequests/featurerequests.php)
You can add comments there with links to your discussion thread here, and post links to the suggestions in your thread here.
Do please check that your ideas are not already there before adding new ones.

Trenloe
September 20th, 2025, 19:54
- DM/Player tool: All abilities window
Similar idea, but unique to a character. If my character has a number of class abilities/feats/talents/etc., I want to be able to open all of their individual description in a single parent window so that I can look through them all at a glance, and then close them all at once. Similarly to the previous proposals, the individual windows would be opened at their default size as if opened on their own, no re-sizing, and side-by-side if the parent window has room.
Some of this functionality is in the Pathfinder 2e/Starfinder 2e ruleset for player abilities and feats. I didn't expand it to other areas as the feedback was limited.


https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65459

chromicacid
September 21st, 2025, 02:12
I'm trying to work with the Cosmere RPG and there doesn't seem to be any equivalent of that (that I've found yet).

I just posted this (split in two) the feature request page:
1. Mutli-character/item windows
2. "All abilities" windows

Didn't know that was there. Thanks for the link!