- I’d recommend having the crossword grid take up the full screen. If there’s enough width and height, you could start the player in the middle. That would give it more of a feeling of unlimited bounds which feels more appropriate given the free-thinking theme
- For rotating between horizontal and vertical, consider using a single toggle key instead of two separate keys. That would make it faster to work with, especially if it’s something that doesn’t require moving to the function keys (something like Shift + Enter).
- You might also want to change the UI color or add a visual indicator so you can immediately tell which mode you’re in. Right now, it’s not clear whether you’re about to type vertically or horizontally.
The reason it's not a single key to toggle between vertical and horizontal is because I had imagined even more directions beyond those two, diagonal in all four ways etc... we'll see if I try those out xD
Regarding the center start position: that's a bit of a departure from a text editor. This demo is supposed to be like if notepad.exe magically grew another dimension. If the origin is the center then above and left if origin would be outside the document? It doesn't make sense to me.
Thank you for your awesome feedback!!!!
So I've come up with this demo. The scrolling isn't 100% perfect on mobile, and the popup keyboard is miffed a bit but it's great on desktop.
Super fun way to put the brain into crossword/Scrabble mode and play around with thoughts interconnecting in new ways. Then rotate and see it from the other angle.
There's CSS rules in the stylesheet for dialogs too but the demo does not use them.
