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Help us rename Ctrl+L!

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Jayme
Roll20 Team
With our new View as Player feature on the way (which will allow GMs to see exactly what a specific player sees, side by side with the GM view), we're renaming the existing Ctrl+L (currently "preview as token") to better describe what it actually does. If you’re asking, “What’s the difference between the two?”... Ctrl+L is a quick token vision check View as Player goes much further by offering visibility into player permissions, hiding GM-only elements, and letting GMs take actions on a player's behalf, all in a secondary tab. Vote on the new name: Preview Token Vision: straightforward explanation of what a specific token can see on the map Preview Field of Vision: the term Roll20's lighting system already uses  Preview Line of Sight: phrase the community mostly uses (even though it doesn't fully match the underlying function) Vote in the comments, let us know why you picked what you did, especially if you feel strongly about your choice.
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Line of Sight, as that is what it does. It really doesn't show what the token sees because it shows the GM things the GM can see. 
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vÍnce
Pro
Sheet Author
transvisionator ;-P
What Gauss said…
LoS, as per Gauss. Bring back those Squad Leader vibes
Line of sight (old wargamer here :)  )
Don't overthink it.  Line of Sight (LoS) works fine and keeps current terminology so as not to confuse people.
CTRL+L - The "L" is for Line of Sight. The term still includes any restrictions to what the player's character can see.
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
API Scripter
"Line of Sight" is fine.  I think "Field of Vision" is better (or at least more accurate), since it cuts off at the vision the token has.
I also think "L"ine of Sight would be best, especially if the hotkey will stay as Ctrl-L.  Preview Token Vision makes the most sense from a labelling perspective, but that loses the connection to the hotkey.  So maybe a middle ground: "Preview Token Line of Sight". When I hear "Field of Vision", my immediate thought is of how many degrees of vision a token has (as in a peripheral field of view), not it's total range or area. 
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"Line of Sight" with hotkey CTRL+L would be best. As Game Master I typically use LoS to understand what the player's character token might see or not see. Be it during combat, exploring a map,  or to check what sort of visibility and range it has in place currently. I never really used it in a different way. So in my oppinion it can stay "Line of Sight" [CTRL+L] as it provides basically a more accurate version of what I am trying to achieve with CTRL+L since I joined the roll20 VTT community.
Line of sight here too! As a Roll20 player, miniature wargamer, and as a former armour officer who used "line of sight" 24 hours a day when we were in the field or discussing tactics in the hangar. :-)
Preview Line of Sight
Line of Sight, Field View, Player Perspective
Gauss said: Line of Sight, as that is what it does. It really doesn't show what the token sees because it shows the GM things the GM can see.  +1