GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 770945
Bottom panel unpredictably pops in and out
Last modified: 2017-09-09 01:25:49 UTC
When I open a project the bottom panel automatically pops up. Then when I press the hamburger button in order to close it, it hides. This feels unpredictable and out of control. For clarity: I never use the bottom panel. Generally speaking, prominent transitions and UI choices are generally best left to the user to control.
The bottom panel defaults to "visible" for new projects. Although, if it doesn't maintain it's position/visibility between project loads, that is also a bug. Should we set the default visibility of the bottom panel to hidden?
Hrmm, also, I just looked at the load/unload code for those settings. And it looks like the panel settings are global to Builder, not per-project like I thought.
(In reply to Christian Hergert from comment #1) ... > Should we set the default visibility of the bottom panel to hidden? I would. Two reasons: 1. A minimal environment that doesn't distract from code editing seems better. I would start with something basic and let people add panels as they want. 2. It's a lot of UI to throw at a new Builder user. Better to let them explore in their own time, rather than throwing the kitchen sink at them.
Created attachment 350358 [details] [review] schema: default to hiding bottom/right panels These don't help at all on first launch, so just hide them until the user explores the UI.
Comment on attachment 350358 [details] [review] schema: default to hiding bottom/right panels Attachment 350358 [details] pushed as 886ee83 - schema: default to hiding bottom/right panels
Lovely, thanks!
This should be fixed now that we changed how the bottom panel works internally.