I’d like to propose a feature enhancement for future interactions within the platform, specifically regarding how users can interact with sections of generated text. One of the biggest challenges in maintaining the flow of conversations, especially with longer responses, is keeping track of multiple different sections or topics within the text. Often, users may want to focus on specific areas or ask follow-up questions on certain points, but this becomes cumbersome when the response is lengthy. As it stands, users have to scroll through the entire response repeatedly, making it harder to focus and keep their queries organized. This is particularly true when the queries are linked to a central section of a response.
Feature Concept:
The feature I’m envisioning would allow users to select specific sections of text from a response and collapse or nest those sections, providing a streamlined way to isolate and query parts of a response. Similar to the concept of expanding or collapsing containers using a plus/minus or chevron icon, users could hide portions of the text they don’t need to focus on immediately and expand them when they want to revisit that section.
Key Features:
1. Selectable Text Queries: Users could highlight a specific section of the response (for example, a paragraph, sentence, or bullet point) and initiate a sub-prompt related to that specific section. This would allow a more refined, context-specific conversation flow without needing to parse through the entire previous response again.
2. Collapsible Sections: Once the sub-prompt is triggered, that section could be collapsed under a header or chevron icon, minimizing the need for excessive scrolling and reducing visual clutter. This makes it easier to manage longer, more complex conversations.
3. Efficient Navigation: The feature would include collapsible containers that help users mark certain sections of interest, allowing them to return to them later, or simply to minimize sections that are no longer relevant at that moment.
Use Case Example:
For example, in a conversation about programming languages (see attached image), I may want to query specifically about Assembly Language. With this feature, I could highlight the portion of the response related to “Assembly Language,” collapse the other programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Python, etc.), and initiate a sub-prompt asking for further clarification on Assembly’s use cases or specifics.
This feature would help create a more dynamic and navigable conversation, where users don’t need to scroll through the full context of a response, but can focus on what matters to them. It also provides a great way to manage conversations when dealing with multiple queries or subtopics within the same response.
Additional Benefits:
• Cleaner Conversation View: This feature helps avoid clutter, as users can collapse sections they no longer need without deleting them, allowing for a cleaner view.
• Focused Querying: Users can pinpoint exactly what part of the text they want to ask about, making the conversation feel more interactive and contextually aware.
• Efficient Use of Screen Space: Especially on mobile devices or with longer responses, this feature would greatly reduce the need for scrolling and improve the overall user experience.
In summary, this feature would provide a more flexible, manageable way of interacting with AI-generated responses, allowing for both micro and macro-level querying while keeping the overall conversation flow structured and easy to navigate.
Thanks you for taking the time to read this request! More than happy for anyone’s feedback/support to get this visible if you think it adde value!