Because both have their advantage and disadvantage so it's not obvious which is better.
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| the first click should unselect all units and select the one unit clicked (CoM I) | 6 | 66.67% | |
| the first click should work like normal and unselect that one unit only (CoM II alpha) | 3 | 33.33% | |
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Poll : Your preference when selecting units
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December 29th, 2020, 13:03
(This post was last modified: December 29th, 2020, 13:04 by teelaurila.)
The relevant use cases are two: Remove one or two units from a stack and move either those units or the stack without those units.
Perhaps the most intuitive and simple interface to achieve both would be to switch the select state of a single unit per click always. Then have another way to (de-)select the whole stack. Perhaps a shift-click, or a button (like "a"). I do find myself doing more clicking than should be necessary with then com1 way, and I am not seeing the total changing much with the opposite way, either.
I don't think it matters much in terms of total clicks, just the intuitiveness of the action. If a unit is already selected, then clicking it should only alter the selection status of that unit, not any others, that's what I would expect to happen, if I didn't come from COM I. But honestly the old way probably saved more clicks. If I'm adjusting individual units in a stack, it's almost always to keep most of the stack as it is, and switch out one or two units, so I can definitely feel myself clicking more. A setting would be nice. I do also remember when I first started in COM I, that I frequently accidentally clicked the wrong way, expecting it to behave like it does now.
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