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Conditional/Automatic Checklist Prompts

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By smach - 12/2/2025 3:16:34 PM

Hello,

the recently added checklist feature is a great addition, but the relevant checklists have to be manually dug up. It would be convenient to have the possibility to attach optional "conditions" to when a checklist should be presented to the user automatically, which could make using this feature more seamless.
Some potentially useful conditions to automatically open a specific checklist I can think of include:
  • When pressing "Go Flying" - e.g. start the track off with doing a "Before Engine Start" checklist
  • When the plane starts/stops moving - e.g. for taxi checks or shut-down checklists
  • On a timer - e.g. for regular checks in cruise including fuel transfers
  • When/before reaching a specific phase/altitude/location of a planned route - e.g. for a descent check before reaching the planned top-of-descent or showing the approach checklist along with the proximity-induced approach tools
  • After the last (or a specific) item on another checklist is completed - currently it's just down to properly ordering checklists
  • Also having the checklist view hide automatically when ticking off a specific item could be useful
I hope some form of this principle could be conveniently integrated into SD!

Cheers