Text input boxes

initial cursor/selection placement

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When given the option to type text into a text box (planet name, ship name, etc) the text box starts out with a default, and the cursor on the left. Typing new text does not replace the old text, instead it inserts text before the default. Maybe for ship model upgrades I might append a "-2" to a model name, backing up one to update it to "-3" later. But I see no practical use for typing something at the beginning of the name.

For anything that gets a default value that users could replace by typing, the most efficient mechanism would be to have the name pre-selected so that if the user types something it does in fact replace the default text.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
On GC1 it does not let you rename a ship via modification. I suspect they tried to solve that problem on GC2, where you can hit the end key and backspace or reposition as you like to change the parts you want to change (which, IMO is better than with GC1). But if you don't hit the end key or home key, I agree with you that it should delete the default text and expect you to enter the entire new text.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
well thats one thing this beta is for , and I agree with what you are saying there.

perhaps the system would be contextual so for updating a design it would assume a v1, v2, v3 etc
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