Feature req: Leg entry automation

[diedrichg]

Gee-wiz requests:

1. After entering an airport in the Leg section it will automatically enter a - or / or . or whatever the user sets in the settings. The settings box would allow for a maximum of 3 characters, e.g. they could enter a (space)-(space) or just a -

Upon entry, after entering a 3-letter airport code it will auto-populate that symbol.

2. Each time it enters that symbol it will then count and enter that number of legs in the Number of Legs box.

 

[Andy Adams]

1. If you enter something and double tap space like you would to enter a period in other areas of iOS, the "-" is entered in lbp.

2. That's not a bad idea

 

[diedrichg]

1. Oh! Didn't know that. Cool, thanks.

 

[diedrichg]

1. If you enter something and double tap space like you would to enter a period in other areas of iOS, the "-" is entered in lbp.

This should also be a function in the tail number box... Enter a tail, tap space twice to enter a -

 

[Andy Adams]

I am assuming you mean if you enter more than one leg as a single entry and there is an aircraft change somewhere during the day.

That would introduce a difficult situation for import to LBP.
The analyzer keeps track of flights on each tail number so if you entered multiple tails on a single entry it would then not be able to separate the two (or more) and would instead think it's a new tail called "N123-N456".

I think this request would require a large change in how tail numbers are handled in LBP desktop. I'm not sure of all the plans Neal may have for the next version on desktop but I suspect this isn't possible or easily feasible in the current version.

 

[diedrichg]

You are correct. That's how I've been logging the past 8 years. I could personally care less about tail numbers in the analyzer because I don't have a need to filter out a tail, just a/c type.