TASEmulators / TASEmulators/BizHawk
[Feature Request] Selectively choose which row(s) to display watch(es) to the screen from the RAM Watch window
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Description
Summary
In the RAM Watch window, there is an option to display watches onto the EmuHawk screen.

If you have a ton of watches (15 or more), it is easy to overwhelm the screen with watch notes:


What I would like to request for, is a way for us to selectively choose which watch(es), or row(s), we want from the RAM Watch window to be displayed onto the screen. We wanted a way to be able to observe the memory values at all times on the screen, but at the same time, not have to have too much information on the screen we don't want to observe all the time.
For example, out of 16 watches, I just wanted to see 4 watches on my screen. Here is a mockup of how it will display:


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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
Start in the RAM Watch window and trace the existing option that displays watches on the EmuHawk screen. Determine how rows are represented and how screen notes are assembled, then define the selection interaction from the request's examples. Done means users can display only chosen watch rows while leaving the other watches available in the RAM Watch window.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100