| Summary: | Option to always close the right pane | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] dolphin | Reporter: | Jack Hill <jackhill3103> |
| Component: | split view | Assignee: | Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | kde, kfm-devel, meven29, meven |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 22.12.1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
Jack Hill
2023-01-23 14:32:00 UTC
For context, currently we have a setting to determine which pane to close, the active (aka selected) one or the not activated one. I'd like this too. The current options are too confusing for older, less mentally agile users such as myself. The current design The current design requires tracking which pane is in focus, which I can never remember, and is difficult to tell at a glance, as they are both so similar. One side has bold text and has very lightly shaded alternating rows. There is an fairly arbitrary change in the icon. I can't tell which side it's instructing me will close if I click it. I see the scroll bar changes colour too, but I don't register it. Che current design makes me have to think about what is going to happen when I hit the close button. It's adding uncertainty and the chance of closing the wrong view in moments of cognitive stress. (In reply to BarryBanana from comment #3) > The current design requires tracking which pane is in focus, which I can > never remember, and is difficult to tell at a glance, as they are both so > similar. > > One side has bold text and has very lightly shaded alternating rows. There > is an fairly arbitrary change in the icon. I can't tell which side it's > instructing me will close if I click it. > > I see the scroll bar changes colour too, but I don't register it. > > Che current design makes me have to think about what is going to happen when > I hit the close button. It's adding uncertainty and the chance of closing > the wrong view in moments of cognitive stress. Did you notice the button itself changes and tells you which side will be closed ? Is it legible to you ? I feel a setting as you suggest would make sense, we'd have in settings, something like: Clicking on close Split view: ( ) Close the focus one ( ) Close the unfocused one ( ) Close the right one hi, yes your proposal looks great. you know, now I'm used to it, I can cope with the current behaviour, so it's possible to learn it. And now I know it, I can see the little icon change and think it's actually very nicely done. But I'd prefer to set it to the right hand one. I actually generally have all toolbars hidden, as I'm generally on a small screen and need the space. I noticed that when the icons are set to display text only, then the button changes to just "Close", rather than "Close Left" or "Close Right". cheers |