Link Highlight Colors Directly to Saved Filter Profiles

[VeeN13]

Hi OpenSAK Team,

I have a feature suggestion regarding cache highlighting that could significantly improve the workflow compared to how it used to work in GSAK.

In GSAK, creating a filter and highlighting caches are two completely separate processes. You have to save a filter in one menu, and then go to "Waypoint => Highlight" to manually re-create the Mfilter condition just to give it a color.

Instead of copying this separate and cumbersome approach, it would be amazing if OpenSAK could integrate highlighting directly into the Saved Filter Profiles.

How it could work:

1. When creating or editing a saved filter profile, a user would have an optional setting: "Assign Highlight Color" (for text, background, or map pin).
2. Any color highlighting set in the filters will remain active regardless of whether the filter is active

Benefits:

• No duplicate work: Users won't have to manage filters and highlights in two different places.
• Cleaner UI/UX: Managing visuals directly through the powerful OpenSAK filter manager feels much more modern and intuitive.
• Dynamic updates: As database entries change, the grid visuals update dynamically based on the active filter profiles on the background.

Thank you for your amazing work on OpenSAK! Let me know what you think about this approach.

[AgreeDK]

Hi @VeeN13,

Thanks for the detailed write-up — this is a genuine improvement over GSAK's split filter/highlight workflow, and it fits nicely with how our filter profiles are already structured under the hood.

We've opened it as an issue: #862. No timeline promises, but it's on our radar and we'll pick it up when it fits into the schedule.

Thanks again for the suggestion!