It is not
yet polished, but I just can’t wait to let you at least see some screenshots
about what is one of my absolute favorite new features in CPT 4. I call it the “Position
Explorer”.
Did you ever use the “position tree” in CPT 3.x?
It looks similar to this:
Well, I
always thought it was a pretty interesting approach to navigate through your
repertoire beside the classical move list or candidate move list. You could
expand the tree (branch of moves) and click on any move to show the position on
the chessboard. However, even this small screenshots makes the major issue
already obviously: It’s not a really compact view – not at all!
Good news for all CPT users. I have created
something much better, more feature rich and still using much less space. A
miracle? It’s a mix of a tree view and a move list. Have a look at it:
Your
whole repertoire is presented this way – alternatively to the move list and
candidate move list. You can expand easily a branch and double click on a move.
If you double click on it the move list will show the same moves as the
position explorer. The position explorer will show all played moves using a black
instead of a grey font to make it easier for the user to distinguish between
played moves and alternative moves.
Ooops,
now you have seen another major new feature. This little neat position explorer
shows you as a tooltip the position of the move you are hovering over. OK, in
this test scenario I have not made much use of it except of showing the move
notation, the chess board and a dummy comment. However, expect more useful information
displayed (position evaluation, training score come to my mind). In my very
humble opinion I believe this combination makes it a real killer feature.
Imagine how easily you can navigate through your repertoire and checking some
positions without ever having to really navigate to a position or to switch the
position on the main board.
I’m sorry for
the skin. This is the Valentine’s Day theme of CPT 4. Don’t worry, you are not
forced to use it on Valentine’s Day, but maybe you will fall in love with CPT
so much that you keep it all the year long 
Some more
screenshots…
Now, have
you seen this one? The last snow flakes, till Spring arrives.
Cheers,
Stefan