Sort inventory by recently acquired

[codepuncher]

I've often found myself sifting through my inventory to use or drop recently acquired items and it can take longer than I'd like to get to them.

I feel a new option to sort by most recently picked up or last activity would be helpful.

I'd expect this to appear in the 2nd column alongside the read/enchanted/stolen.

If this is something that would be considered for implementing I am happy to look at submitting a PR for it.

[zndxcvbn]

This will likely require an SKSE plugin, as the Skyrim engine doesn't provide this information. However, it would be great to have such a feature, displaying a column with game time.
SkyUI currently doesn't have its own SKSE plugin and is based on Papyrus scripts.
In #189, I implemented multi-selection, which would allow me to simultaneously select all recently acquired items and drop them. However, for multi-drops, I use a workaround: calling the DropItem function every frame. This could be expanded via the SKSE plugin, adding a function to drop an array of items at once.

[zndxcvbn]

Now there are 2 such wonderful mods that allow you to embed any column with almost any information about objects
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176741
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/178801

[zndxcvbn]

There are still such mods:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176622
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176212

[codepuncher]

There are still such mods: nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176622 nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176212

Ah, good find! https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176212 sounds like exactly what I was looking for. I'll have to give that a try out later today.

Thanks for the quick responses on the issue @zndxcvbn!

Do you still think it is worth to add the feature into SkyUI core or not worth it since there is already that mod that covers it?

[zndxcvbn]

There are still such mods: nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176622 nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176212

Ah, good find! https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/176212 sounds like exactly what I was looking for. I'll have to give that a try out later today.

Thanks for the quick responses on the issue @zndxcvbn!

Do you still think it is worth to add the feature into SkyUI core or not worth it since there is already that mod that covers it?

You'll likely need to write an SKSE plugin to achieve this; it's almost impossible without one. So, you'll have to create it and release it as a separate mod on Nexusmods.

This project seems to be focused solely on fixing SkyUI bugs.

In fact, I don't like it when things that could be included in the main project are separated from the project and released separately. This makes updating the main project difficult because you lose control over some SkyUI modules with each new mod. If you update one module in SkyUI, it could break other mods, and the authors will have to update their mod (it's been 9 years since version 5.2). For example, if you currently change the Layout architecture in BottomBar, mods that add buttons to it via the SKSE plugin will break. But on the other hand, modularity is also good; if the project is abandoned, anyone can still add to SkyUI with a separate mod.

With the SKSE plugin, you can greatly expand SkyUI. But if SkyUI wants its own SKSE plugin, it should first and foremost be an item caching plugin. Currently, with 1,000+ items, the game lags slightly when opening the inventory. And given that there are mods that add more columns, this becomes even more difficult. For example, Modex (an IMGUI interface) opens smoothly with 10,000 items. The problem with the inventory is that everything is initialized anew every time it's opened (all column values ​​are recalculated, etc.). Incidentally, for some reason no one has made such a plugin yet; it would be a huge boost, and the mod would be a great addition to Nexusmods' mods of the month. Personally, I'm not very good with SKSE plugins, so I'm limited to ActionScript and Layout UI.

[zndxcvbn]

By the way, I discussed the idea of ​​adding date columns with GroveAura and the author of SkySift on Discord. Perhaps the author of SkySift will be able to add such a feature to his mod, but his decision is still unknown. If you'd like to discuss this, you can find us on this server:
https://discord.gg/VYzyvDDw