Side Panel improvements
under review
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Vladyslav Silchuk
Here are couple of thoughts on improving it:
- Add side panel button to toolbar and hotkey to toggle it on/off
- Add ability to drag-n-drop block elements from page to panel and vice versa
- Global Reference Panel:
- Make the right side panel available globally, not just on specific tabs.
- Allow the panel to float.
- Save and Name Panels:
- Enable the right side panel to be saved and named.
- Create a library of curated panels as objects with properties and metadata.
- UI and Accessibility:
- Increase visibility and accessibility in the UI.
- Allow instant saving of any open object to the panel.
- Enable quick pinning items from the graph.
- Search and Filtering:
- Make the open set within the panel searchable.
- Add dynamic filtering and sorting capabilities.
- Shortcuts and Navigation:
- Implement shortcuts to cycle through the stack.
- Smart Queries and Annotations:
- Link the stack to smart queries.
- Mark special roles for annotations to appear in the stack.
- Special Object Classes:
- Display specially marked-up classes of objects in the stack for easy reference.
- Curated Search Results:
- Use the panel for displaying curated search results.
- Allow exporting of stacks (PDF, MD/Textbundle, folders).
- Embedded Views:
- Allow embedded web views within the panel.
- Renaming and Differentiation:
- Rename the side panel to be more descriptive and inviting.
- Differentiate between pins in the left sidebar and right stack bar.
- Flexible Spatial Set-ups:
- Enable flexible spatial set-ups for larger screens and multi-screen environments.
- Onboarding and Documentation:
- Feature the panel more prominently in onboarding, documentation, and tutorials.
- Encourage collective reflection and discussion about the panel's development.
- Mutually Exclusive Panels:
- Ensure the right object sidebar and stack bar are mutually exclusive, not swapped.
- Pinning Differentiation:
- Differentiate between 'pinning' on the left and right side panels.
- Possibly rename left sidebar 'bookmarks' or 'favorites.'
- Group Knowledge Sharing:
- Explore group knowledge studio features for defined groups such as families or project teams.
- Integrate session-based curatorial knowledge panel for group settings.
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Luca Joos
Merged in a post:
Side panel should be independent of tabs
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Michael Jasper
I find it odd that the state of the side panel is part of a particular tab, so that as I switch tabs, the side bar appears and disappears. Typically I open the side bar to keep something in view while I'm working such as the daily calendar. I don't want to have to reopen it every time I go to another tab. Perhaps this behavior could be an option.
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Marjan Venema
Actually, for me that's a very useful feature I've been using since the beginning.
It means I can have different stuff in the sidebar depending on what I'm working on in a tab.
What OP wants to do might be better served with adding the ability to Capacities to be open in multiple
browser
tabs & windows and then having these side by side on your screen.M
Michael Jasper
Marjan VenemaOr perhaps this behavior could have a setting to choose the user preference.
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Marjan Venema
Michael Jasper yes, that would work too. :)
I'd advise to keep current behaviour the default. Yes, obviously that's a bit of self-interest :) but it's also a good practice in line with the 'rule' of least surprise
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vision assemblies
also a new separate ticket of one of the aspects mentioned in here is this:
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vision assemblies
👆 – this is important to bring Capacities over to also cater to a logic of work session and flows, and out of an overemphasis on 'hyper-intelligent database' metaphor.
BTW: this request is already part of this larger ticket on a general substantive advancement of the sidepanel, and this is explicitly mentioned there, too.
– but good to also have this for seperate + additional vote.
then, anyone interested in supporting the
logics
of this further should also visit the encompassing ticket.v
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also connected: improve readability of object titles in side panel:
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laterally connected, as it is about the ways to populate / activate the sidepanel from within the workflow:
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[ off-side note ] – kind of funny & interesting, how the heading FR obviously silently quotes a contribution that is from a later date (from Nov '23). Canny now, obviously has a worm hole & time warp function it seems 🤪 🕰️ 🌪️ 😅
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as an immediate improvement: include objects in side panel
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btw: the heading should be changed to the
more specific 'right side panel improvements'
, as CAP has (at least) two panels according to its own momenclatura (left & right)!Load More
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