Enhancements to Custom Options > OptionGroup

[kfinch]

The 'Custom Options' tab exists to make it easier for the user to tweak options/values in custom code heavy auras. If a list of data entries is desired, WeakAuras offers the 'OptionsGroup' type in 'Array' mode. OptionsGroup arrays are difficult to work with in several ways such that I find myself preferring to use a lua table declared in Custom Init block instead.

• 'Default' list entries are brittle. While the aura can be shipped with existing OptionsGroup table entries, if the user presses "reset to default", the entire list will be deleted without even a warning dialogue, and without any way to recover the list. The fast solution would be to add a warning dialogue that clearly states this will empty the list. Even better would be to allow the author to specify a default list of entries while in author mode, and the reset to default button would reset to that list.
• The little 'add/delete/reset' buttons next to the entry dropdown is dangerous, as the reset button effectively is equivalent to deleting, but does not give a warning and is easy to hit by accident. It should have a warning.
• There is no way to view a list of all entries at once, user can only look through them one at a time using the dropdown. This makes inspecting and/or editing entries more laborious than it needs to be. Would be nice if a list view was added.

[asaka-wa]

To add to this, or clarify, there's a confirmation dialog for deleting an entry in an Option Group but not for resetting an existing entry (more than once I've hit the reset button by accident) or for setting the whole thing back to default. A dialog would just help prevent a missclick be disastrous.

[emptyrivers]

for the first two points, would the ability to undo changes (in general, not just custom options) suffice? because that is a real feature that i've put a lot of work into over the last year or so (and then deleted much of it to take a different approach...)

or is it the case that even with an undo button, array type custom options are still too brittle for your taste?

[emptyrivers]

There is no way to view a list of all entries at once, user can only look through them one at a time using the dropdown. This makes inspecting and/or editing entries more laborious than it needs to be. Would be nice if a list view was added.

this pain point was the inspiration behind the name source feature for arrays...

the problem with a list view is i'm not quite sure what you mean. we have "lists" in other places in the ui, did you want something like how the spell id list in a buff trigger works? or if not, there is #4708 which asks for a totally new (to weakauras) ui idea, would that "work" for your tastes?

[kfinch]

for the first two points, would the ability to undo changes (in general, not just custom options) suffice? because that is a real feature that i've put a lot of work into over the last year or so (and then deleted much of it to take a different approach...)

Yes, an undo button would be a major improvement. For the auras that would use this, the options table is central to the functionality, so having the reset button basically brick the aura is very bad. Being able to undo that would fix most of my issues here.

or if not, there is #4708 which asks for a totally new (to weakauras) ui idea, would that "work" for your tastes?

Yeah this is roughly what I'm looking for, and I'm sure Causese is asking for it for the same reason I am. Ideally we could do "key to multiple values", like a spreadsheet table view, but even key->value would be useful and nice to have.