TOPIC: Addition to Software Suggestions

Cameron, by default the first item in a list get selected if you do nothing. This is made to speed things up and use less clicks. The assumption is that you move the most used list item to the top so no clicking is required when that is what you want to use.

What Cameron mentioned about needing to add a blank though I'll have to check into. I'll need to allow an item in the list that's absolutely blank, no space included at all.

Dom, it would be great if there could be a blank item at the top of each list.  I create some of my lists, for example, like this:

<<LOCATION>>

north
south
east
west

, north
, south
, east
, west

& north
& south
& east
& west

Then I can make comments like:

    There is earth-to-wood contact at the<<LOCATION>><<LOCATION>><<LOCATION>> side of the house.

which can be used like so:

    There is earth-to-wood contact at the north side of the house.
    There is earth-to-wood contact at the south, east & north side of the house.
    There is earth-to-wood contact at the west & east side of the house.

Unfortunately I have to have that one space in the first blank item, so if I only use one of the lists I have to delete the extra spaces before moving on:

    There is earth-to-wood contact at the north   side of the house.
    There is earth-to-wood contact at the west  & east side of the house.

So yes, it would be great if the default when nothing was selected on a drop-down list was...   well...   nothing.  Because really, deleting a space is SO MUCH WORK.  

David, do you have a way to hold the control key or another key when moving comments from red to black?

David, do you have a way to hold the control key or another key when moving comments from red to black?

I believe so is there a trick that I do not know about?

Without taking anything away from Cameron’s excellent point to Dominic.

As a side note, in keeping with the KISS rule—a while back I changed my directional locations to just FRONT, REAR, LEFT side, and RIGHT side. Most people get Front and Rear of the home—so I insert the following statement at the beginning of each report:

This home faces approximately (NORTH / SOUTH / EAST / WEST). Directional references using the terms "left" or "right" assume the reader is facing the front entrance.

Also—when I walk around the property with the client—I make it a point to mention this convention.

I know this is not an original thought, as most home inspectors do something similar.

As a pilot, I got too familiar with cardinal headings, but I find that normal humans seldom know where's N/S/E/W with relation to their house -- sometimes Left and Right is difficult. So to help make the reporting more crystal clear . . . and easier on me, I generally stay away from compass headings in my report. It helps keep the “What did you mean by that?” phone calls down to a dull roar.

David, do you have a way to hold the control key or another key when moving comments from red to black?

YES. What do you mean by that Dominic?

Cameron, I just finished the change for you with the blank spaces and will build it and post it in a bit after I think some more about what David wants.

David, if comments were merged together would you want a space automatically inserted between the comments, a comma, or completely blank?