0002272: Numbers should be monospaced and flush right/decimal aligned

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0002272

AI War

Suggestion - Graphical Enhancements

Jan 6, 2011 11:25 pm

Jan 7, 2011 9:07 am

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Vornicus

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x4000

Severity

minor

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closed

Resolution

not fixable

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Fixed in Version

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0002272: Numbers should be monospaced and flush right/decimal aligned

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To make it easier to visually compare numbers:

Lists containing only integers should be flush right.
Lists containing decimal numbers should line up all the decimal points vertically.

This makes it easy to eyeball the magnitude and compare numbers. However, for this to work to its fullest extent, all the number glyphs must have the same width. Many fonts, including the one used in AI War, do not do this. It's possible to modify the font file so it does, though. I'm looking into it, but it may require code support - I don't know how the program interacts with the font, and I've seen some shrieking horrors out there.

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(0007696) x4000 (administrator) Jan 7, 2011 9:07 am	You are absolutely right. At my old job with business software, I did exactly that. But, unfortunately, the ui system here is not as robust as, for instance, HTML.

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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jan 6, 2011 11:25 pm	Vornicus	New Issue
Jan 7, 2011 9:07 am	x4000	Note Added: 0007696
Jan 7, 2011 9:07 am	x4000	Status	new => closed
Jan 7, 2011 9:07 am	x4000	Assigned To	=> x4000
Jan 7, 2011 9:07 am	x4000	Resolution	open => not fixable