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I would like to put this in a separate topic not to derail the time trial thread.

in another topic greaserpirate {l Wrote}:

bonifarz {l Wrote}:As the number of maps in the trial pack gets pretty large, I felt the wish to find maps via preview images more quickly.

Wow, nice work!

This would be really useful ingame, and even more useful in Sauerbraten.

qreeves {l Wrote}:That's actually an excellent idea, and could help solve some of the issues with our current map/vote menu. Voting tends to need swift action to ensure everyone has ample time to vote, and the biggest delay at the moment is scrolling that map list.

I have experimented a bit more with this and come up with an ugly hack of the maps.cfg. Technically, this one should be functional, yet it gives an alias error i cannot resolve, but only for the first time you pick a mode.

These are the changes i made:

• replaced the map selection list with a grid of tiles, 5 images per line
• demos use the old list style
• the selected map can be added to or removed from the favorites via a button
• added a search box to show matching map names below the tiles. An empty string will show all map names.
• The custom map checkbox should now recognize existing maps and give a preview accordingly.
• Added buttons for mastermode 1/2. The checkboxes i first tried do not really make sense.

TY this is an awesome menu except the blocks on the side are now confusing, at times

File updated above: Fixed the missing fallback icon and added radio buttons for conveniently switching mastermode (veto).
Fav checkboxes: Never really used them, so I am not sure whether i broke something. Each stack of five boxes from top to bottom should correspond to a line of maps from left to right.

Another update with a search box for map names and a few other changes. See the list and screenshot above for details.

Interactive search (to use an Emacs term) sounds like a great idea. This could eventually replace the current map browser by the looks of it... as long as it retains the fantastic selection system on the left-hand side.

I'd like if there was greater separation between maps in and out of the rotation. How about something like a horizontal line, in the style of HTML's <hr /> tag?