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Switch for View windows.

Hi.

1) In The "Manage View Groups" Toolbox, or in the ribbon ("View" tab---- "View Groups" group), it would be interesting a switch button (next to the [8] button) to switch the function of the buttons [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]. Right now, if we left-click on one of them we enable/disable that view.

If the switch button is ON, the function of the views is then enable/disable them as now but if the switch button is OFF, then the function is giving the focus to that view window.

If switch button is OFF, disabled view will have a disabled button due to we can give focus just to enabled views.

The window view with focus will have, for example, a yellow background in its button. Example: button [3] in yellow.

I know that Microstation has the "Window List" for this, but I think that there is not a Toolbox to call it as a key-in and it would be annoying. I have just found it in the ribbon (Home-Primary-More..)

2) In the "View Groups"  (toolbox or ribbon), I think there should be a button (icon) next to the combobox. This button would be the "Edit view group properties".

3) In the "Attributes" (toolbox or ribbon) happens the same. Next to the "Element template" combobox, it there should be a button to manage the current Element template. I mean, if I press this button then Microstation should open the "Element Templates" window with the current element template selected.

4) Other things that I miss are showing the key-ins in the status bar when I use an element from a toolbox or ribbon. Similar than AutoCAD in the command line when we press a button in the ribbon or toolbar.

About dialogs, I have enough confusion to differenciate if the dialog will be a floating or popup when I use a key-in. I think key-ins should be more clear about these types of dialogs.