Customize Toolbar: Control Auto-Hide Feature

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Customize Toolbar: Control Auto-Hide Feature

Hey guys! Let's dive into a cool feature request – the ability to customize the toolbar auto-hide behavior in our application. This is all about giving you, the user, more control over how things look and feel. As it is now, the toolbar disappears when your mouse moves away, which is neat for a clean look, but some of us prefer the toolbar to stick around for easy access. This update will allow you to make the toolbar behave exactly how you like it!

The Need for Toolbar Customization

The core idea here is user control and personalization. Currently, our toolbar automatically hides itself. While this can declutter the screen, it might not suit everyone's workflow. Some users may prefer the toolbar to always be visible for quicker access to its functions. This preference ties directly into making the user experience better, because we're respecting the way you like to work. Imagine having to move the mouse up every time you want to use the toolbar – it can get a little annoying. By letting you choose whether the toolbar hides or stays put, we're making the app more flexible and adapting to your needs. This feature also builds on the idea of persistent user preferences, ensuring that your choice is remembered across sessions. Basically, we want your toolbar settings to stick, so you don't have to change them every time you fire up the application. This is about making the app feel like it's yours, and it's something that really makes a difference in user satisfaction. This is a common practice in many applications; we're just making sure our app is as user-friendly as possible!

The current system makes it very difficult for certain users to access their preferred toolbar options without having to constantly make the toolbar appear again, which hurts the general user experience. With a new user setting, the experience will be better and more consistent across the application.

The Problem with the Current Toolbar

As it stands, there's no way to change the auto-hide behavior of the toolbar. It's like having a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to something pretty important. This lack of customization can be frustrating for those who want the toolbar to stick around, ready at their fingertips. If you're someone who uses the toolbar a lot, constantly having to move your mouse to make it appear again can be a real pain. It slows down your workflow and disrupts the overall user experience. We want to solve this by providing a simple and effective solution. This issue is about making the experience less frustrating.

To see this in action:

  1. Open the application interface.
  2. Move your mouse to the top to show the toolbar.
  3. Move your mouse away.
  4. The toolbar disappears after a short time.
  5. No way to change the behaviour.

The Solution: User-Friendly Customization

The goal is to give you the power to choose how the toolbar behaves. With this new feature, you'll be able to tell the toolbar to stay visible at all times, no matter where your mouse goes. It will also remember your choice, so when you come back to the application, your settings will be exactly as you left them. This isn't just about adding a feature; it's about making the application more intuitive and tailored to you. When auto-hide is disabled, the toolbar should be visible at all times. When enabled, it will auto-hide. It will also save your settings, so everything works exactly as you wish. This is the goal.

Implementation Details and Acceptance Criteria

Okay, so how do we make this happen? Let's break down the key steps and what we need to make sure this works flawlessly:

  • User Preference Storage: We'll use a key-value storage system to save your preference for toolbar auto-hide. This means your choice will be safely stored and easily retrieved whenever you launch the application. This is the heart of the feature.
  • Toolbar Behavior with Auto-Hide Disabled: When you disable auto-hide, the toolbar will stay visible. It won't disappear when your mouse moves away, giving you constant access.
  • Toolbar Behavior with Auto-Hide Enabled: The toolbar will behave as it does now, automatically hiding when your mouse moves away. This ensures we don't break the default functionality.
  • Preference Persistence: Your choice will be remembered. This means you won't have to reset your preference every time you open the app. The preference should persist across page reloads and browser sessions.
  • Initial Load Behavior: If you've disabled auto-hide, the toolbar will show up as soon as the app loads, even if it was previously hidden. This makes sure that the toolbar isn't hidden when you don't want it to be.

Verification and Testing

To make sure everything works perfectly, we'll go through a series of tests:

Manual Testing: We'll start with manual testing, where we'll implement the preference toggle mechanism and make sure that everything works as expected. This will make sure that everything is working as planned.

  1. Implement the preference toggle system.
  2. Disable auto-hide and reload the page.
  3. Verify the toolbar is visible when the mouse moves.
  4. Enable auto-hide and reload the page.
  5. Verify the toolbar hides when the mouse moves away.
  6. Check developer tools to confirm the preference value.
  7. Close and reopen the browser, verify the preference persists.

Automated Testing: Next up, we'll run existing tests to make sure we don't accidentally break anything else. We will also run tests to check if the new preference is working properly. This will make sure that the updates do not affect the main functions of the application.

Submission Guidelines

To give your feedback, record your screen using a tool like cap.so. Export it as an MP4 and drag and drop it into a comment below. If you're working on pull requests, here's a guide to help you: https://hackmd.io/@timothy1ee/Hky8kV3hlx. This process ensures that everyone can easily understand how the feature is implemented, and also helps other developers see your work. Remember, this feature is all about making the application more user-friendly and adaptable to your needs. This update is all about making the application more user-friendly and adaptable to your needs.