Selection cycling keys and backward cycling
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2025 9:51 pm
How you reverse-cycle options with the keys isn't entirely consistent.
Advanced space compass: shift+key to cycle backward.
Primable equipment: shift+key to cycle forward, ctrl+shift+key to cycle backward.
MFDs: ctrl+key to cycle current MFD backward, ctrl+shift+key to cycle MFDs backward.
Primable equipment secondary mode: no way to cycle backward.
IFF scanner: no way to cycle backward.
For consistency, and to make some of the controls more versatile, I'd suggest making all "cycle" type keys accept Ctrl as a modifier for reverse cycling direction. Shift+key as additional reverse cycle method for the compass can be retained for legacy.
Advanced space compass: shift+key to cycle backward.
Primable equipment: shift+key to cycle forward, ctrl+shift+key to cycle backward.
MFDs: ctrl+key to cycle current MFD backward, ctrl+shift+key to cycle MFDs backward.
Primable equipment secondary mode: no way to cycle backward.
IFF scanner: no way to cycle backward.
For consistency, and to make some of the controls more versatile, I'd suggest making all "cycle" type keys accept Ctrl as a modifier for reverse cycling direction. Shift+key as additional reverse cycle method for the compass can be retained for legacy.
