768485 - Some tools should be mutually exclusive

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools :: General, defect)

Description

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

With the developer toolbar coming, we have direct access to 4 tools. 3 of them can (or will be able to) be opened below the browser (webconsole, debugger, style editor). And the inspector (4th tool) can open a Tree View that is too below the browser.

(web console will be moved by default below the browser - bug 764545 - and we are working on docking the style editor - bug 707906)

So we can get 4 boxes right under the browser.

I think we should have only one slot below the browser, and any tool that needs this slot needs to close the previous tool.

Comment 1

[Kevin Dangoor]

Generally, this is probably a reasonable idea. Some of the specifics get interesting:

- People like to be able to open the web console concurrently with other tools (Firebug and Chrome both offer this)

- If you have the Page Inspector with the HTML view open, and click the Debugger button, what happens? Does the Page Inspector close, or does the HTML view get replaced with the Debugger but the rest of the Inspector stays open? (If we have a view of event handlers attached to the element, does this behavior change?)

It seems like people don't simultaneously work on their designs and debug JavaScript code, but things like an event handler view make this a little blurrier since an element needs to be selected as part of the workflow.

I've cc'ed Brian Dils here for his input

Comment 2

[Paul Rouget [:paul]]

Not relevant anymore.

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