Floating Rows
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Tom-Eric Halvorsen Jobi
There currently are no options to "float" a row.
You may disable the duration column, but then must manually indicate the row is floated.
Can a function be added that does both?
John Alexander
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Hide rows
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Tyler King
The ability to hide rows so that we can keep elements we are skipping for 1 event ready for reinsertion into future rundowns would be great, so we don't have to copy-paste from older events. As a stopgap, the ability to change text color to match background color (or vice versa) so rows can appear blank (but then a simple color swap makes them visible again) would really help.
John Alexander
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‘Ghost’ an item when moved in the running order
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Kevin Mullery
Scenario - I, as showcaller, need to remind the SM to put the dancers on standby 30 minutes before they are required onstage. This standby falls (say) during item 12 (consequently it is in my notes for item 12) and their performance is item 15.
Let’s say that, during the show, due to delayed arrival of a presenter, item 12 gets transferred to a later time and is moved (and probably re-numbered) to follow item 20.
A problem arises - my standby note not only disappears but it disappears invisibly, leaving no notification. Because of the removal of item 12, the standby should be moved to during item 10 - but I may not know this, and the producer won’t see my notes.
This could also happen to the stage manager who, following the standby, has other notes regarding the dancers.
I suggest some marker of changes when the production moves from ‘Preparation’ to ‘Rehearsal/Show’ mode. Changes are to be expected in the preparation period, but there’s a time when those changes create unintended problems.
Perhaps the re-positioning could be more like copy&paste than cut&paste - and when moved in this manner the item stays in a ‘ghosted’ form to allow notes to remain - with a warning of the re-positioning. It doesn’t solve all the problems in this scenario, but the invisible re-scheduling is the big issue for me.
I don’t think this feature is vital during pre-production when schedule changes are to be expected. However, when production enters Rehearsal/Show mode, the rules should change.
John Alexander
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John Alexander
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Float Rows
Craig MacEachern
Please create a one-click option to float rows in a rundown
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Jayne Ross
Absolutely agree - my hypothetical...... if your pyro op writes himself a little private note to pre-prime his system half an hour before the standby, then something changes in the show and that line is moved by the showcaller to a later time, the showcaller won’t know the private note exists, and the pyro op won’t always be on comms to hear the showcaller briefing the change to show ops. A ghosted line would prevent this ever being an issue. Great idea Kevin
JP Chatt
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Float Options
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Daryl Royer
Hey, as a showcaller, the problem I have most is that if we run out of time for a particular feature, I'd like something special so that the item either follows me, or goes to another window so I can be reminded that I need to do it.
E.G. I mark an element as "Floated" and it follows behind my tracked line.
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I mark an element as floated and it pops into a sub-window that appears on screen.
John Daniel Depa
Additionally requesting that "Floated" rows dissapear from prompter view and are skipped in the showcaller tracking hotkeys.