Bug 497786

Summary:	If the Room information panel is manually closed, keep it closed until it's manually opened again, even if automatically hiding/unhiding when resizing is enabled
Product:	[Applications] NeoChat	Reporter:	Filip <filip.kendes1>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Tobias Fella <fella>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	carl, john.kizer, josh
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Filip 2024-12-22 15:35:20 UTC

SUMMARY
At specific size the room information panel collapses and when user resizes over that size the panel displays again.
Problem is that even if I manually close the panel and reduce the size to small enough and increase it the panel appears again.

It would be great if Neochat could remember that the panel was closed so that it doesn't open it automatically on resize.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Close the Room Information panel
2. Reduce the window size to small enough where the Room Information panel would collapse automatically
3. Increase the size of the window

OBSERVED RESULT
Room Information panel opens when the app is resized to big enough size even though the panel was closed manually

EXPECTED RESULT
Neochat remembers that the Room Information panel was closed and it doesn't open on resize 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.4-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 John Kizer 2025-01-02 03:02:10 UTC

Hi - this behavior is controlled by a setting in NeoChat, located in the General section, labeled "Automatically hide/unhide the room information when resizing the window". If that setting is disabled, then once closed, the room information panel shouldn't reopen unless it's done manually.

Hope that helps,

Comment 2 Filip 2025-01-02 07:10:15 UTC

Hi, that does help, thanks.

Although, I'd still like to have that option enabled (for it to automatically close when I resize the window), and then only expand if it was opened before resizing, but we can keep this as resolved intentional if you want since this is an expected behavior.

Comment 3 John Kizer 2025-01-02 07:14:06 UTC

Ah - I see where you're going with that. Being able to toggle that sounds like a reasonable wishlist / feature request :-)

Comment 4 Filip 2025-01-04 09:45:41 UTC

I guess it's okay to move it back to reported and see if Neochat maintainers would want to implement this.

Comment 5 John Kizer 2025-01-04 19:58:03 UTC

Rephrasing the title as a feature request