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Would it be possible to create a screen overlay, where you could directly write comments, pressure, frequencies, course, .... on ?
(Having a screen in the background to write on is great, but if you could write any comment on the screen it would be even better).

Something like:
2 buttons to write directly on the screen in flight. (Best with pen)
  1st button for texts, that stays where it is written. (Shown in color 1)
    I.e. local pressure, which moves out of view as flight progresses.
  2nd key for a text that remains on screen, even if the flight continues. (Shown in color 2)
An additional button to enable/disable the editable text screen, i.e. if the overlay is blending things underneath.

Also, an easy way to remove text.
Something like (in active mode) circle a text and delete it with a swipe.
(and a recovery swipe in case you deleted something unintentionally)






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I don’t know what device you use, but increasingly later operating systems permit ‘split screen’ or overlay of on app over another. A simple notepad app in a window alongside or over SkyDemon may work very well. Here’s an example of using iOS ‘Slide over’ to present a note taking app over SD in full screen mode. The Slide Over app can be repositioned left or right, or expanded in full half-width alongside SD.
Edited 12/11/2021 12:09:27 PM by grahamb
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grahamb - 12/11/2021 11:59:00 AM
I don’t know what device you use, but increasingly later operating systems permit ‘split screen’ or overlay of on app over another. A simple notepad app in a window alongside or over SkyDemon may work very well. Here’s an example of using iOS ‘Slide over’ to present a note taking app over SD in full screen mode. The Slide Over app can be repositioned left or right, or expanded in full half-width alongside SD.

Also not a bad idea, but at the moment I use the Huawei T3, which does not combine the internal and SD memory.
Means that almost the entire SD is free, while I can no longer install even the smallest app Sad
It's a pain in the neck and I'm already looking for a new Android tablet.

Anyway, I was thinking more about the possibility to directly mark e.g. ATC given turn points, min & max altitude, any provided or calculated things in flight, ... , so that they would move with the map and you wouldn't have to cross check them on another page.
This would have the advantage of allowing you to enter everything on the map and concentrate on flying.

Or if you want to do/check something at a certain point and altitude, you could calculate the values in flight, mark them on the map and keep flying until you reach them.
Or mark things you spotted directly on the map without having to create a new waypoint.
Especially since the waypoint would change your FP.

So all things you need the underlying map for, but don't want to change the FP and always have them in sight.

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