UI: Screen Area Docking #104665

Harley Acheson · 2023-02-12T20:20:54+01:00

Harley Acheson commented

2023-02-12 20:20:54 +01:00

Changes to Area maintenance using the corner action zones. Adds ability
to move and dock areas to any location, including between multiple
windows. Allows transitioning between splitting, joining, moving, and
docking without early commit. Ability to initiate all actions from any
corner. Improved visual feedback.

This patch improves our area maintenance routines by extending the existing "Join" operator, adding docking and moving and allowing seamless transitioning between all actions while mid-operation.

Once this patch is applied you can drag from a corner action zone and you will be offered multiple suggestions on what to do with the area, including joining, docking, splitting, or moving to other windows. A feature removed is the ability to reverse the direction of a join mid-operation, but this change greatly simplifies the operations since there is always a single source area. To eliminate the chance of accidental splits this patch makes split operation only act on mouse release.

The following shows transitioning between area joins and vertical and horizontal splitting:

The following shows how dragging with your mouse gives you options for joining and docking at multiple target locations:

Dragging outside the window creates a floating popup:

Right-clicking on the gap between editors, there is currently a "Join Areas" that starts an interactive join. Because this patch removes the ability to reverse join direction mid-operation, this item becomes two which execute immediately:

Changes to Area maintenance using the corner action zones. Adds ability to move and dock areas to any location, including between multiple windows. Allows transitioning between splitting, joining, moving, and docking without early commit. Ability to initiate all actions from any corner. Improved visual feedback. --- This patch improves our area maintenance routines by extending the existing "Join" operator, adding docking and moving and allowing seamless transitioning between all actions while mid-operation. Once this patch is applied you can drag from a corner action zone and you will be offered multiple suggestions on what to do with the area, including joining, docking, splitting, or moving to other windows. A feature removed is the ability to reverse the direction of a join mid-operation, but this change greatly simplifies the operations since there is always a single source area. To eliminate the chance of accidental splits this patch makes split operation only act on mouse release. The following shows transitioning between area joins and vertical and horizontal splitting: ![Docking1.gif](/attachments/9cbc1e77-cd92-4edb-9e15-2f5b94955f73) The following shows how dragging with your mouse gives you options for joining and docking at multiple target locations: ![Docking2.gif](/attachments/aa863340-beaa-428a-a85b-25a2482445ae) Dragging outside the window creates a floating popup: ![Docking3.gif](/attachments/d43a3657-d59e-4c10-9c1b-cd6244c6f5a9) Right-clicking on the gap between editors, there is currently a "Join Areas" that starts an interactive join. Because this patch removes the ability to reverse join direction mid-operation, this item becomes two which execute immediately: ![Docking4.gif](/attachments/9c2491c8-e03c-43a2-b1ca-95935672b364)

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