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- DinoMaster20
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
I sometimes have to pull all the scripts ut of my backpack just to see which one is the one I need, so yeah. I feel like this would make life easier. I won't ask questions, because I'm 98% sure OP won't answer
- MagentaDude1359
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
I've found the backpack to become quite a useful feature, especially since it makes it a lot easier to combine elements from multiple projects I find. With sprites and sounds and costumes, it's quite convenient since you can recognize the piece of media by its name.Yeah! I support & it would be so useful!
However, the scripts - (which I find especially useful to put in the backpack when I want to use other people's custom blocks) - are all named the same! I think there should be some way to name the scripts to make them more easily identifiable. When all I get to look at is a teeny-tiny preview of what the script looks like, it's hard to tell whether I've selected the right one unless I open all of the scripts in my backpack.
Please add this feature!
Edit: After thinking for a bit, I do see that a temporary solution for myself until the feature is added would be to add the scripts to sprites and then name the sprites appropriately… but still, that's going out of the way for a very simple action. It's like using a “say something for zero seconds” block as a way of commenting your code! (And I remember people used to do that in the older versions of Scratch!)
- ScratchCat_50
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
jsUt uZe nOnoWerD!!!1111!1111 /s
This would massively help with backpack organization. Using it right now is like having a bookshelf where the books are facing so you can't see the names, or having an app store but all the apps are just called App, and it can get annoying to have to take multiple tries to get the right script.
Yea! And the after you get it right if the scripts that you thought where the right one had variables you got to go through and clean them all out!
- -FancyWaffles-
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Scratcher
58 posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
Support, it's always annoyed me that there's names for backpacked code, but you can't name or change them! A possible way to implement this that I'd be interested in would be being able to name strings of code by an option in the menu that pops up when double clicking a block.
TL;DR: Good idea, easy way to implement.
TL;DR: Good idea, easy way to implement.
- Dupe_Or_Nupe
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New Scratcher
2 posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
dupe https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/3695/Today lucky constant that haven't played in like a year, we will be playing DUPE OR NUPE!
Today, one person has suggested that this is a dupe, but are they right!?
I will give the answer, in literally 0 seconds.
THE ANSWER IS THIS IS A NUPE!
The suggestion they have linked is referring to naming scripts. This is referring to naming anything! Scripts ≠ Anything. Therefore, this is a… NUPE!
- WindowsMeRules2000
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Scratcher
500+ posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
It's super annoying if you use the backpack a lot because you can't tell which script is which. I suggest that if you right click on something in the backpack, you should be able to rename it. These names would not be saved at all when you remove them from the backpack.I have an extension that allows me to do this but I’m not gonna say the name or else scratch team will come for me
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- ABelly99
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Scratcher
43 posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
Ya! This would be extremely handy!
I have been looking for this myself.
Support!
I have been looking for this myself.
Support!
when green flag clicked
if <[You] = <<Scratch Developer> or <Support>>> then
Give naming script feature
end
define Give naming script feature
say [Thank you!]
Last edited by ABelly99 (March 30, 2024 20:24:53)
- Smorkity
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Scratcher
21 posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
Yep, that sounds like a good feature to add!
- Thiago_le_meilleur
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Naming Scripts in the Backpack
(deleted, I think i post this in the wrong topic)
Last edited by Thiago_le_meilleur (April 9, 2025 12:58:29)
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