GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 786606
Clicking "Devices" section shouldn't open Printers panel
Last modified: 2021-06-09 16:28:16 UTC
I'm not sure how it should behave though. Either continue showing the previously selected panel, or show a placeholder.
It's true that being shown the printer settings could be unexpected. It seems OK when I've been using it, although I have printers setup. In cases where you don't have printers it could feel a bit sad. We could experiment with showing the previously selected panel, to see how it feels. Another approach might be to change the default to something like displays, which is always going to be present. It would also be good to think about how the devices section should respond to different situations, as this could have an impact on this particular issue. For example, panels could be hidden or highlighted depending on which devices are present. We could also potentially show an overview of the devices on the system. I don't like the idea of showing a placeholder if it's blank - that would be giving users extra stuff that they'd have to deal with, for little win.
What concerns me here is actually the speed of the Printers panel. I have a remote cups server setup which doesn't load ~instantly~. Not sure whether it is a thing design-wise, but I like alphabetical order.
Created attachment 367642 [details] [review] shell: Swap Display and Printers positions So that whenever the user opens the "Devices" section, the Display panel is the first panel to dislpay. This is because the user most likely always have a display, while they might not always have a printer available.
Review of attachment 367642 [details] [review]: I'd rather have either no sub-sections, or the first item in the sub-section not be selected when switching to a sub-section. So, that's fine to commit, but it doesn't fix the bug.
Comment on attachment 367642 [details] [review] shell: Swap Display and Printers positions Attachment 367642 [details] pushed as 0a4ce2a - shell: Swap Display and Printers positions
(In reply to Bastien Nocera from comment #4) ... > the first item in the sub-section > not be selected when switching to a sub-section. ... Is there a bug for that? I thought I'd seen one, but now I can't find it.
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