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Improved Barn listings (again)

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We've been listening to your input about the horse listings in your barns.

One thing I learned is that it is impossible to find the perfect set of columns to display and impossible to set the perfect priority on when columns should disappear into the triangle. It all depends on what you are doing at the time. Sometimes, the "Entered For" column is the most important. Other times, searching for races or the "Train" link are the most important.

Another thing I learned is that you sometimes sort of a column just to see which horses have a value set and which ones don't. For example, seeing which horses are assigned to a Custom Barn or for which horses you still don't know the soundness. If you were on a small screen and the Soundness column was hidden, then this operation would be very tedious.

And finally, being able to see the maximum number of columns is more important than whether the text wraps and makes the rows asymmetrical. Maximum info on the screen (no matter how large or small), is paramount.

So here is what we did
  1. We added a button named "Columns" which lets you dynamically hide and show columns. You can choose which columns are important or not for whatever task you are accomplishing. It will remember the columns you have turned on and off for each barn, for about an hour or until you close your browser. We also added a "Show All" button to turn all the columns back on. If you use Custom Barns, it will start with the columns you have set but you can hide from there.
  2. We added new filters to the Status menu. You can filter on Entered/Not Entered, Custom Barn, Soundness Known/Not Known, Condition Preference Known/Not Known. These should help you get the horses you need without having to sort. Also, Custom Barn users can use these new filters to make SmartBarns.
  3. We no longer force the horse list to use only one line per horse row. Allowing the column data to wrap to multiple lines fits more columns onto a smaller window/screen.
Remember that the SIM will use the entire width of your browser window to display columns. For most people on a desktop/laptop, you can see all of the columns simultaneously. But with smaller screens, we hope these enhancements allow you to accomplish whatever you need to do.

Let us know what you think.
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LOVE IT!!!!
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This is perfect!! I've been playing with it for a few minutes on my phone. It's so easy to tinker with things as I need to now.

I have one request though. Can we add the columns option to the auction pages? It's already super useful on the sales page.
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Being allergic to clutter, this really works for me, thanks!
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excellent work, thanks.
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Speak for yourself, Ali! :lol:
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

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Excellent. Thank you :)
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Admin wrote: 6 years agoYou can filter on Entered/Not Entered, Custom Barn, Soundness Known/Not Known, Condition Preference Known/Not Known. These should help you get the horses you need without having to sort. Also, Custom Barn users can use these new filters to make SmartBarns.
nice :D

I see reloading the page also remembers which columns I have sorted, which is great after I've entered a bunch of horses and need to see who I missed.
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Yeah, this is great. I really love that the sorting carries over even after reloading or changing filters -- takes one step out of the entering process and it's awesome. Thanks for all your work to make this better for us :)
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Alleyne Torres wrote: 6 years ago
Admin wrote: 6 years agoYou can filter on Entered/Not Entered, Custom Barn, Soundness Known/Not Known, Condition Preference Known/Not Known. These should help you get the horses you need without having to sort. Also, Custom Barn users can use these new filters to make SmartBarns.
nice :D

I see reloading the page also remembers which columns I have sorted, which is great after I've entered a bunch of horses and need to see who I missed.
I totally forgot that it retains the sort order. Bonus. Have you noticed that is also remembers the Quick Filter text?
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Thank you! This is very nice!
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I love this! Thank you!
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LOVE ALL THE CHANGES!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!
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