922213 - Improve display of arrays in VariablesView

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools :: Object Inspector, enhancement, P2)

Description

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

Currently arrays have the same display as objects, but might look better to just show an ordered list of the values instead.

Obviously this falls down if the array has non-element properties, but should be an improvement for the typical case.

Comment 1

[Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]]

Won't be fixed in VariablesView. Also, not sure if this should be implemented in the ObjectInspector, as I'd like it to represent the best it can the actual object (and the indexes are part of the object).

To be sure about what Ryan is talking about, the [1,2,3] array is currently displayed as : 

  ▼ […]
  |  0: 1
  |  1: 2
  |  2: 3
  |  length: 3
  |  ▶︎ __proto__: Array []

And I think what Ryan suggests is : 

  ▼ […]
  |  1
  |  2
  |  3 


Correct me if I am wrong Ryan.
Of course in this case this is pointless since the non-expanded version is self explanatory (`Array [1, 2, 3]`), but for bigger arrays/heavier items, it might make sense.

This could work as a "simplified" version of the object, which you could switch to/from with some UI in the ObjectInspector maybe ?