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Added Functionality for Sections

snelson2JBS
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Added Functionality for Sections

Currently, Sections seem to be operating at a base level functionality, with little customization or utility. You can rename, move or delete. I propose that a couple new functionalities be added.

1. The first would allow for the locking of individual Sections (via simple button for each section). This could prevent the script within that section from being edited (perhaps it could still be scrolled through and read but in a grayed out type color) until the lock is removed. Perhaps passwords could be optional for an added layer of customization. Another potential feature of locked sections might be to lock the section in place; making it unable to be moved around relative to other sections. This could be beneficial if a sections need to stay in a certain order to preserve the load or foundational data model.

2. The second functionality would be the ability to create folders to hold individual sections, or for a group feature to exist. This would be helpful for not only organizing apps with many sections, but also to keep similar data together in an app with many different data sets, assuming each has its own set of sections. Expanding on this, perhaps a color system could play into this as well, with the ability to color the different tabs in the Section panel (Blue for sections involving Sales and Green for sections involving Inventory).

Both of these features would be useful to current developers or apps (allowing for individual devs to use the features that best suit their needs, as these would be additions to the way Sections currently work, as opposed to these features being forced on the user), but they could also be useful should an App shift hands. Groups or locked placement would help preserve the functionality of the application, at least at a basic level.

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