691149 - Enable tabs in the Scratchpad

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools Graveyard :: Scratchpad, enhancement, P4)

Description

[dindog]

contain javascript snippets more than one, multi tabs would come in handy

Comment 1

[David Dahl :ddahl]

(In reply to dindog from comment #0)
> contain javascript snippets more than one, multi tabs would come in handy

I think we can come up with a better UX than tabs for multiple snippets per scratchpad.

Comment 2

[David Dahl :ddahl]

ccing shorlander for his "in a nutshell" thoughts on this

Comment 3

[Kevin Dangoor]

shorlander actually had a mockup for a Scratchpad interface with multiple separate snippets that worked similarly to the Style Editor's interface for multiple files.

Also, the need for multiple, separate snippets may be alleviated for some cases by the ability to "re-run" parts of a Scratchpad. There's a feature page for that.

Comment 4

[David Dahl :ddahl]

(In reply to Kevin Dangoor from comment #3)
> Also, the need for multiple, separate snippets may be alleviated for some
> cases by the ability to "re-run" parts of a Scratchpad. There's a feature
> page for that.

Yeah, true. This is pretty low priority.

Comment 5

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

triage. Filter on PEGASUS.

Comment 6

[Cedric Vivier [:cedricv]]

Do we prefer tabs over split view like in shorlander's mockup (bug 708213) ?

To me a split view as multiple advantages over tabs:
- more bandwidth (eg. proposed "Ran 2 minutes ago" information to ease keeping track of which scratchpads has been executed and when)
- consistency with Style Editor / Debugger (if it goes split view as well)
- you can do a text search in all your scratchpads from the list search box
- saves precious vertical space

Comment 7

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Mass-closing inactive (2 years+) bugs on unmaintained devtools components.