btw.: here is how firefox does this: http://imgur.com/Uz5QlH5
Jan PS.: I must admit I retouched an irritating icon away Am 05.02.2016 um 22:15 schrieb jan: > I like the idea from the technical point of view, but I assume it is not > easy to grasp for the user. It is most likely that users would see the > preview not as some "view" (in the MVC-meaning of view) of the data but > as "the one preview" – just because most people are used to that. > > So I would recommend that you can easily dock/undock the preview, but – > if that makes still sense – to provide the duplicate in the menu. > > One important thing: I would strongly advice to find another name > instead of "device" – like "visualization", "graphic", or even "display" > or "view". > > Jan > > > > Am 03.02.2016 um 21:37 schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier: >> Hi, >> >> not the most important question about docked previews, IMO, but to >> get back to "undocking": >> >> Essentially you can already do this (in the work/preview_with_menu >> branch), by using Device->Duplicate, i.e. first option in the menu. >> This is not strictly undocking, but it can be used to turn a preview >> into an independent plot window. And I tend to think it does so in a >> rather useful way: logically promoting it from a preview to a regular >> plot, so that it will neither be updated by changes in the dialog, nor >> closed with the dialog. >> >> As we also have print, copy to output, export in the preview's menu, do >> we need a more prominent - or different - "undock" action at all? >> >> Regards >> Thomas >> >> On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:44:25 +0100 >> d_jan <d_...@ymail.com> wrote: >>>> while we're still at brainstorming, I'll toss in a further thought >>>> in this category: Turn the "Preview"-checkbox itself into a >>>> tri-state control, e.g. a drop-down menu "Preview disabled", >>>> "Docked Preview", "Separate window".[…] >>> What I know as a sort of standard from dockable windows in >>> applications is having the preview on/off button on the "main" >>> window, and the attached/detached button on the dockable (sub) window. >>> >>> E.g. Developer Tools in the browser: Open them via the menu or >>> shortcut; dock/undock them via a button at the dev tool window. >>> >>> Or see this mockup: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/obyGpv (wording >>> dock/sockable etc. needs to be discussed, but I think it is clear >>> enough to get what it does) >>> >>> Does this make sense? >>> >>> Jan >>>
