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Temporary template log

magma1447 2 years ago 0

Whenever I log in the field, I usually have a short snippet on what we are doing/planning that day. It could be something like "On a short Sunday bicycle trip with X in our home town." Then I write another 1-2 sentences about the find itself.

I usually solve this by writing my copy-snippet, and copying that into the phones c/p memory. Then I paste that for each new find, and write the rest. I know a lot of people caching like this, especially on smaller trips where they/we log online. Bigger trips I am only doing drafts.

Anyway. What I propose is a way to store a temporary text/template, from the log cache-view. One that's simple to retrieve from there, just as simple as holding and pressing paste. Potentially it could even allowed for 3-5 slots of temporary logs.

Why? Doesn't pasting works? Yes it does, until I need to copy something else. It might not be geocaching related, but it might also be a coordinate that I want to run in a checker or whatever. Yesterday we logged 9 caches, and twice I had to rewrite my copy-snippet from scratch. :/

What I propose in more detail is a new button in the Log cache-form. I don't have a good name for it though, Memory maybe? Like calculators as MS, MR, M+. By clicking on it you get a two column pull down. Left has numbers 1-5 and is a restore of the saved logs. Right side is a save, one per save spot.

Sure. The templates can be used for this as well. But personally I feel it's more cumbersome, and I have to clean up old template logs that I don't use. This is more for really temporary use.


PS! I never use the template logs.