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Transparency slider with dashboard

Gerhard Schweizer shared this idea 2 years ago
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I use the satellite maps as an overlay map on the LoMaps. I have the overlay switch in the right menu bar, which gives me quick access to the transparency slider. Unfortunately, this uses up a third of the smartphone screen. If I could wish for something: Make the transparency controller available on the map screen, e.g. via the dashboard. Or is there already a solution that I don't know about?

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Hello Gerhard,

One-third, really? Adding to the dashboard system is really too complicated.

I'm worried there is not much I may do. What you see with the latest version in the Locus Map 4 is optimized to be as small as possible.

Do you need a slider to be permanently visible? If not, what is the problem with current solution as bottom dialog is visible only temporarily?

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Hello Menion,

"Do you need a slider to be permanently visible?" yes that is a good idea.

"One-third, really?" look at the screenshot.

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Do they need the slider ? Or do they always have a fixed value as an overlay ?

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Hello Freischneider,

Ja, es währe nützlich.

Zum Einschalten der Überlagerungsfunktion nutze ich den Menüpunkt Karteninhalt, oder Überlagerung aus der rechten Menüleiste.

Hast Du sonst noch eine Idee?

Yes, it would be useful. To switch on the overlay function, I use the menu item Map content, or Overlay from the right menu bar. Do you have any other ideas?

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I have just tested the whole thing. Once you set the slider, click on the map and it's gone. If you need it again, you just have to click on it in the sidebar.

I would also hide the top bar, then you have more map. Normally you know which card is active.

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If you have a fixed overlay value, the idea would be to control it via Tasker. But for this Tasker would have to send the overlay value as intent. I don't know if this is possible.

Theoretically even a slider should work via Tasker. In Tasker you can put control elements over the screen. But there I know too little.

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I don't know Tasker, I only know the dashboard. And it would be too complicated for that, said Menion. Thanks for your ideas.

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Hi guys,

control over the tasker may be doable, but the more I think about it, the more it looks to me as a complicated task with small benefits. I personally expect, and correct me if I'm wrong, that usually when enabling some overlay map, you spend some time at start finding ideal visibility value, but later you only toggle map on/off when needed. Even a half of the screen visible should be perfectly enough to set visibility as you need.

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Hi Menion,

Yes, you are right. I don't need it, it would be nice to have. If I want to assess a spot on the tour using the satellite map, I have to zoom in on the map. I can do this using the buttons on the screen, or in LocusMap elegand using the hardware volume control. Nice to have... I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to get the transparency slider on the screen like OsmAnd+ solved it with the little blue slider on the bottom part of the screen, see screenshot.

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Hello Gerhard,

thanks for the idea. I was thinking about it a little more and I'm not convinced about benefit of the permanently visible slider for the overlay transparency. I simply believe that current solution is good enough for simple setup of required transparency. Thanks for understanding.

Jiří M. aka Menion

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