674887 - Find a better place for the Layout View

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 683954

(DevTools :: Inspector, defect, P2)

Description

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

Bug 663778 introduces a Layout View tool, that lives in a doorhanger. We may prefer to move this tool into the sidebar (bug 674476), maybe inside another tool (Style Inspector?).

Comment 1

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

Inside the bottom section of the sidebar makes sense to me

Comment 2

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

Should it be living inside the "Rule" tool? Inside the "Property" tool? Or should we split the sidebar in 2, and move it below both of the tools?

Comment 3

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

It could also be living in its own tab (the same way the Property view lives in its own tab)

Comment 4

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

So this is how I see it:

The Layout View is not a normal Node Centric tool as it offers an important information that is useful to understand the Rule View and the Property View.

Node Centric tools are exclusive (we can't show Tool1 and Tool2 at the same time).

So I think the Sidebar that host the Node Centric tools should, at the button, include a button to expand the Layout View.

Comment 5

[Rob Campbell [:rc] (:robcee)]

I have thought this as well.

I'll get back to the review in bug 663778 shortly.

Comment 6

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

P2 because we can't pref-on the Layout View without that.

triage, filter on centaur

Comment 7

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

This has been solved with bug 683954.