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[updated] Quantity picker ho!

You know how when you have to choose how many of a stack of Sammiches* you want to eat (or donate, or whatever) you get a menu that has a limited number of choices? That has been the cause of some frustration for quite a while for many people, and we've had lots of requests to provide the ability to enter an exact number. Well guess what? ... Yes! You're right! We did it!

Now, when you get a menu asking you to choose a quantity, and there are more than 5 items in the stack, you'll have buttons to choose "all", "just one" or "none" and an input field to enter a number (pre-populated with a value that is half the stack size).

A few tips on how to use it:

• You can start typing a number as soon as the menu comes up. Fast!

• You can use the right arrow key to move focus to the input, and then use the UP and DOWN arrows to change the quantity.

• You can also use the + and - buttons on either side of the input field to change the quantity.

• Hit the ENTER key while the input field is selected to submit the value!

(One possible issue we're aware of is that there is no way to click to submit a custom quantity. You have to hit the ENTER key. We'll see how much of a frustration this is for people before we decide if we want to provide a click-to-submit affordance.)

Enjoy!

* Feature not limited to Sammiches

UPDATE: We gave you a button to click on!

Posted 14 months ago by eric Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I think I love you
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Did you just call me a ho?
    Posted 14 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay!
    Posted 14 months ago by TK-855 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • HOORAY!  Thank you, Eric and everyone!  This is terrific.
    Posted 14 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank You
    Posted 14 months ago by Yee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH!  This is the best thing ever
    Posted 14 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks! This will be great!!
    Posted 14 months ago by Zany Serendipity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hoorah!  Nice one Devs! ;)
    Posted 14 months ago by JugglesXP Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Even if it were limited to sammiches, this would still be the best feature ever.  Love those sammiches.
    Posted 14 months ago by Sheepalot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awww...cool..ty eric  x  
    Posted 14 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • A-may-zing. That is all.
    Posted 14 months ago by Wein Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Awesomesauce. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great move, thank you :)
    Posted 14 months ago by stripe/shrimp Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All the piggies thank you.
    Posted 14 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Best. Update. Ever.
    Posted 14 months ago by Meridian Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah...there's a problem here though, and I'm not sure how many people have thought about it before requesting the crap out of it like it was the holy grail. And I'm surprised the staff didn't catch it before they decided to throw it carelessly out into the world for everyone to have to deal with. Here's the problem, Eric: I think I really just wanted a feature that is limited to Sammiches.
    Posted 14 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks, can't wait to try. Loved the mystifying reload announcement :-p
    Posted 14 months ago by Violet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • AAAAH!!!!! So exciting!!! TS is the best in the world!!!! tytytytytyty!
    Posted 14 months ago by Dr007 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This is better than world peace! Almost!
    Posted 14 months ago by magic panda Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's amazing that this idea was implemented so quickly.  I'm consistently impressed with your entire team, keep up the good work.
    Posted 14 months ago by DJ Plaid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *Genius* (((thank you)))
    Posted 14 months ago by Christine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay!!! Eric finally did something great that didn't bring down all of Glitch!!!
    Posted 14 months ago by Keymo Machine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Eric - this almost makes up for you bringing the server down that one time a couple of weeks ago.

    I will use this all of the time to feed produce to my piggies.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh, god, yes, feed the piggies!!!!!
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • holy for yay!  and yes, the piggies of the Ur thank you with their delicious little piggie hearts.
    Posted 14 months ago by Grem Sketch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • DJ Plaid, I don't want to bring you down or anything, but this has been in our to-do pile for six months or so — we were just messing around in the other thread ;)

    It did not take that long to do (though we did take a while to come up with just the right design for it — and the design is, IMO, pretty stellar).
    Posted 14 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just encountered this in-game.  I really love the option;  it's been needed!  I was confused for a moment due to the lack of "submit" button, but I figured out the "Enter" key bit quickly.  It would definitely be more intuitive and clean to be able to submit a value with a click, but this will do and is far better than the old way.  Thanks so much for this!
    Posted 14 months ago by Clara Net Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What would be an extra special slice of awesome would be if when "you don't have enough energy to do that" the interface stays visible and you could amend the amount without having to select whatever it is you're trying to do again.

    Plus:  the moon on a stick, plz.  
    Posted 14 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Never was so much owed by so many to one small popup.
    Posted 14 months ago by Biff Beefbat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Stoot haha well, good work nonetheless!
    Posted 14 months ago by DJ Plaid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ERIC is my Giant!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 14 months ago by Xyrem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love this dev team.
    Posted 14 months ago by Draron Subscriber! | Permalink
  • No more buying seeds for being too lazy to deal with the tedium (and the clicking)!

    Or at least not buying them as often since I won't have to wrangle with my piles of produce to avoid feeding 1 at a time.

    I'd still like to see the ability to give the pigs 15 tomatoes to get 5 tomato seed packets, eventually. But at least now I can feed them 3 at a time no matter the size of my stack!

    And the wonders it will open for my donations to the Giants! Yay!
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *weeps tears of joy* Finally!
    Posted 14 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • HORAAYYYY!!!
    Posted 14 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you so much!  I've been hoping for this! :D
    Posted 14 months ago by Demona Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My god epic win
    Posted 14 months ago by Nirosu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Having a hover text that tells us to press enter to submit the value would be nice.
    Posted 14 months ago by Bashere Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay! No more dropping my "reserve" stack of 250 cherries/beans on the ground so I can donate the excess!
    Posted 14 months ago by juv3nal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Clara Net said: "I just encountered this in-game.  I really love the option;  it's been needed!  I was confused for a moment due to the lack of "submit" button, but I figured out the "Enter" key bit quickly.  It would definitely be more intuitive and clean to be able to submit a value with a click, but this will do and is far better than the old way.  Thanks so much for this!"
    ----
    Exactly my reaction and thoughts.
    Posted 14 months ago by Becky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Finally! My seed-production routine just got a lot less annoying.

    This is what I will NOT miss: "Drop on the ground... 30. Drop on the ground... 30. Feed to piggy... 3. Pick up... All." Not to mention dropping minerals on the ground so that I can crush exactly the right amount of minerals to maximize a Flaming Grinder buff without going over the grinder's limitations. Not to mention making shrine donations a lot easier.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you.

    And thank you for making it a keyboard-friendly input, too!

    I look forward to trying it out.
    Posted 14 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So glad to see this change - many thanks.

    I know everybody had a different requirement for this and it's tough to make one UI that satisfies everybody's needs. This probably works really well for the "donating 765 meats to a shrine so as to hit exactly the right amount of favor" use case but for me personally I'm looking to repeatedly feed 3 items to piggies for gardening purposes.

    Oh wait... no... this is actually cooler than I thought. The typing directly into the field makes a big difference to usability. Most streamlined piggy feeding now appears to be:
     - click pig
     - click 'feed'
     - click food type
     - press 3
     - press enter

    Pretty good apart from requiring a mix of both keyboard and mouse. If you've got a numeric keypad then 3 & enter are next to each other. Using just the keyboard is a bit too complex IMHO and just the mouse involves too much clicking on "-"

    Can I suggest that the dialog remembers the number you used the last time? Either a global or, even cooler, last number you used for that action or for that item.
    Posted 14 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "this game just keeps getting BETTER AND BETTER OMGIANT!!!11!1!!one!"
    Posted 14 months ago by Hburger Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I JUST DONATED PRECISELY 1500 SPARKLY ELEMENT YOU GUYS.

    That was impossible before, unless 1500 was how many I had.

    I AM EXCITE!
    Posted 14 months ago by Vortexae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For the Helter Smelter Quest Im required to smelt 100 rocks in one go but the game won't allow me to smelt more than 50 (one stack) in one go. So while I like this change I think it needs a little bit of a tweak.

    IGNORE: I just figured out I can do this if I click on the smelter itself instead of clicking on the rocks.
    Posted 14 months ago by DramaticHamster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Squeeeee!!!!!  Awesome!

    Agreed it would be even more fabulous if the dialog remembered your last input for repeatedly feeding piggies.
    Posted 14 months ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • <3 LOVE <3
    Posted 14 months ago by Poppy of Detwoit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Excellent!  Now I can feed my piggies exactly 3 potatoes :D

    EDIT:
    Snazzlefrazz:  you can do everything with a keyboard, you can select the pig and the food type with the keyboard.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kirkpad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tiny Speck Team et al - I love you! haha.  This is a-flipping-mazing!!
    Posted 14 months ago by fadingfastx3 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We farmers thank you.  Our piggies thank you.  Our tired clickyfingers thank you.

    Y'all are the bestest.
    Posted 14 months ago by Crifmer Subscriber! | Permalink
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