Community Suggestion: A plain list of historical events alongside the timeline UI
A plain list of historical events alongside the timeline UI
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Timelines · Created by oliver.barbeau
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
Timelines are hard to work with in a grand timescale, essentially useless and difficult to view any of the events without scrolling endlessly. There should be a list of chronological events visible that lets the user change location in the timeline to that event without scrolling. The timeline should be a visualization, not act as the UI at the same time. Please separate the UI from the visualization more. There is no ability to know the time scale being viewed, IE how many years are being shown on my screen right now.How does this feature request address the current situation?
If I want to make something spanning thousands of years. You need to be able to access and interact with the things you intend to interact with! If I have to scroll or search for the historical event I made moments ago in the same window, its so clunky.What are other uses for this feature request?
The Team's Response
This already exists! Timelines have two modes, the default timescale mode, and the list mode, which emulates the old timelines by removing all separation between events. You can switch in the timeline's settings. Both modes are equally supported and valid, they simply take different approaches to representing time. More information on timeline modes. If you want to stay on timescale mode, you can hop between events without scrolling by using the arrows on the right of the screen.
Current score
18/300 Votes · +4801 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by kerahope
on 2026-01-22 20:56 -
+300
by Deus-ex-mapping23
on 2026-01-19 10:12 -
+300
by Jupiter Melichios
on 2026-01-18 15:47IDK if this would fix timelines, but it sure as hell couldn't make them worse given they're currently completely unusable once you get past about 10 events, so I say try it!
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+300
by Elb Tenebris
on 2026-01-14 15:55 -
+300
by Willow H.R. Harper
on 2026-01-14 14:42 -
+300
by Archaeoman
on 2026-01-14 13:53 -
+300
by Dragolithic
on 2026-01-14 07:53 -
+300
by Pandora9
on 2026-01-14 03:15 -
+300
by Mochimanoban
on 2026-01-11 13:34This is one of the reasons I don't use timelines anymore. Wish timelines were more functional than flashy.
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+300
by BenScerri
on 2026-01-10 01:24 -
+100
by MathuinDaBurr
on 2026-01-09 14:54 -
+100
by JetpackMonkey
on 2026-01-08 18:23 -
+300
by bphilippe
on 2026-01-07 06:39 -
+1
by A Fluffy Mlem
on 2026-01-05 23:04 -
+300
by DramaticDragons
on 2026-01-05 23:01 -
+100
by WeStanNikolai
on 2026-01-05 19:08 -
+300
by ss2020
on 2026-01-05 06:11 -
+300
by Ratha
on 2026-01-05 00:25 -
+300
by oliver.barbeau
on 2026-01-04 21:08
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