Minimize / Resize right sidebar windows: chat, opponents, game history

254 votes

It's hard to see all the opponents for larger games. If there was an option to minimize the windows to make the opponents window larger. A minus/plus button in the corner. This would allow players who host a larger game and use another chat (like Meet, Zoom, MMS, etc) to see the list of 6 or more opponents without scrolling. This could be added to all the windows so you could shrink 2 of 3 to have one large window.

admin edit: merged similar suggestion's description. Image attached

"Allow hiding chat box"
When you're playing with friends on voice, there's no reason to have a chat box. Allowing players to minimize / close / hide the chat section can free up more screen real-estate. This could allow users to have more of the log or the players' window visible. More information at a glance without scrolling is always nice!

Under consideration enhance feature ux Suggested by: Mike Boardman (03 Apr, '20) • Upvoted: 15 Mar • Comments: 49

Comments: 49

25 Mar, '20
Majikspel9 Merged
RE: New 6 Player Fun Map- Looks great!, But please Minimize players box Or just make the player box smaller on the Bottom Right side, so all players show. (currently only 4 of the 6 players show). Ty!
25 Mar, '20
Andi Merged
maybe make the chat/history optional
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30 Mar, '20
BBrando Merged
With a >4 person game there are still only 3 opponents (4 total) inventories shown in the bottom right.

The player(s) directly in front of you to roll do not appear.
01 Apr, '20
AlexInAuburn Merged
The players will scroll if you have a scroll wheel on your mouse (or keyboard) but it gets stuck sometimes and won't always scroll.
06 Apr, '20
Kemnski Merged
We can not see all 5 or 6 people in the bottom right hand corner of the game.
09 Apr, '20
Mike Boardman Merged
I noticed this and proposed a feature:
https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/86467/minimize-resize-right-sidebar-windows-chat-opponents-game-history

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09 Apr, '20
Mike Boardman Merged
I noticed this and proposed a feature:
https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/86467/minimize-resize-right-sidebar-windows-chat-opponents-game-history

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09 Apr, '20
Mike Boardman Merged
Mike Boardman (You)
I noticed this and proposed a feature:
https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/86467/minimize-resize-right-sidebar-windows-chat-opponents-game-history

Upvote and comment
09 Apr, '20
Mike Boardman Merged
Mike Boardman (You)
I noticed this and proposed a feature:
https://colonist.featureupvote.com/suggestions/86467/minimize-resize-right-sidebar-windows-chat-opponents-game-history

Upvote and comment
20 Apr, '20
JUAN Merged
Don't scroll, hold the click and drag. That's how it works
29 Apr, '20
Sasha Wilde Admin
"5-6p games don't show inventory for everyone" (suggested by BBrando on 2020-03-30), including upvotes (4) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.
04 May, '20
Akshay Merged
When you're playing with friends on voice, there's no reason to have a chat box. Allowing players to minimize / close / hide the chat section can free up more screen real-estate. This could allow users to have more of the log or the players' window visible. More information at a glance without scrolling is always nice!
04 May, '20
Akshay Merged
When playing Catan with a physical board, mentally keeping track of and logging other players' moves is a very important skill to learn. Having a log that you can scroll through before you plan your plays completely negates this skill. While having a log could be useful for beginners, having the option to hide it (or perhaps select which elements show up in the log) would be an amazing addition for more advanced players. This could be implemented as an option in the game setup
07 May, '20
Movses Merged
It would say that space of hided chat section should be divided between log section and list of players section.
But definitely support chat box hiding!
08 May, '20
Cameron Merged
When playing 5-6 player mode, it would be helpful to be able to see all 6 players on the right side of the screen and their statistics and when they collect resources. Right now, you have to scroll down to see all 6. Only 4 are visible and it would be visually and strategically helpful to be able to see each player.
17 May, '20
Byebye7 Merged
Especially for 5-6 player games, that real estate is very valuable. Hiding it to see the extra people would be very useful
24 May, '20
Dylan Chiado Merged
When playing with the 5-6 expansion, I have to scroll to see all players. I am always on the screen and it shows only 3 others players current status (VPs, knights, roads, etc.). I think it should prioritize showing all the players and then show the chat and transaction window with the remaining space.

Or (maybe an even better option would be) allowing users to resize the right windows which include the transactions, chat, and users.
05 Jun, '20
Alan Merged
Give the option of getting rid of the chat to allow more than 4 player score cards to be in view (to create more space on the right)
02 Jul, '20
mistamista Merged
this extra space could replace the chat feature that i hear is being removed.
its so much easier in 5 and 6 player games to not have to scroll up and down to see each players info. thanks
02 Aug, '20
Dan Merged
Would prefer the player list took up one whole side of the screen on its own, as there's not even an indicator of what way to scroll the player list with 5 or 6. Maybe a way to minimize the chat?
15 Aug, '20
Satoshi Admin
"5 and 6 player games" (suggested by Kemnski on 2020-04-06), including upvotes (3) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
15 Aug, '20
Satoshi Admin
"show all player data for 5 and 6 player games without the need for scrolling" (suggested by mistamista on 2020-07-02), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
16 Aug, '20
Satoshi Admin Merged
"Chat Removal Option" (suggested by Alan on 2020-06-05), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
22 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin Merged
"6 Player Mode Visual" (suggested by Cameron on 2020-05-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
22 Aug, '20
gabby Merged
I also approve of this option to disallow table talk.
23 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin
"New 6 Player Fun Map- Minimize player box" (suggested by Majikspel9 on 2020-03-25), including upvotes (11) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.
23 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin
"Allow hiding chat box" (suggested by Akshay on 2020-05-04), including upvotes (25) and comments (8), was merged into this suggestion.
24 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin
"Display all players when more than four players" (suggested by Dylan Chiado on 2020-05-24), including upvotes (17) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
25 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin
"Map Size and Screen Adjustment" (suggested by Trent Casillas on 2020-03-25), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
29 Aug, '20
JUAN Admin
"Moving and changing sizes of turn, trade, and chat boxes (on right side)" (suggested by dylpickles on 2020-04-07), including upvotes (3) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
03 Sep, '20
Smelliott Merged
It is really frustrating not being able to see all player's stats during the game for 5+ players.
Would rather have that and have the option of shrinking the chat window
03 Sep, '20
JUAN Admin
"5+ players show all player stats without having to scroll" (suggested by Smelliott on 2020-09-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
03 Sep, '20
JUAN Admin
"Allow hiding the log" (suggested by Akshay on 2020-05-04), including upvotes (3) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
03 Sep, '20
JUAN Admin
"Player list scroll issues" (suggested by Kai on 2020-07-13), including upvotes (2) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
12 Oct, '20
Beryl
This so much. So hard trying to play 6-8 player games when you cannot see all player at the same time
15 Oct, '20
Ketchupplant Merged
It's very difficult to scroll back to see what happened, especially for longer games since the scroll speed increases with the size of the log.

Having the option to pop out or enlarge would be amazing.
15 Oct, '20
JUAN Admin
"'Pop out' option for game log" (suggested by Ketchupplant on 2020-10-15), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
30 Oct, '20
Gg Admin
"Chatbox" (suggested by KashMonet on 2020-10-30), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
06 Jan, '21
JUAN Admin
"close chat option - fix mute" (suggested by proplayer on 2021-01-06), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
06 Feb, '21
JUAN Admin
"View the 5 or 6 players without scrolling" (suggested by Mama1972 on 2021-02-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
13 Apr, '21
Sun Wu
Suggest some degree of player manipulation of the sizes of each "window" including being able to hide them (perhaps with a notification for a new chat message, etc). Put onto a second monitor?
24 Dec, '21
Y
I'm using the Chrome Browser on a Samsung Galaxy A32 5G phone and the sidebar covers the available trades so I am not able to make or receive trades. Please fix bug. Thank you!
12 Jan, '22
Jan
Such an easy fix to do and drives me mad every time we play.
I think it was harder to build an interface that adapts to both 4,5 and 6 formats and perhaps they had ideas of larger games, but lets be real this is such an easy fix to make just set the form dimensions based on the number of players.
25 Jan, '22
KOSTETVAAOR Merged
Make the player list on the right resizeable so when there are more than 4 players in a game you dont need to scroll the list.
25 Jan, '22
JUAN Admin
"Resizeable player list" (suggested by KOSTETVAAOR on 2022-01-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
03 Apr, '22
MonicaErtl
Yeap, kind like photoshop's etc side tools.
06 Jun, '23
Dirk
Most of the time I choose for a 3 played game. Then it would be nice that the historybox and chatbox become larger
02 Dec, '23
Amit chauhan
Around the map show players avatar + card count+ vp+ road+ and knight used/active count +dc holding. On turn highlight correct player. Simple.
18 Dec, '23
manja
always show all players, and make history and message box then option or loose history or loose chat is fine. better to have visual of all players