Undocking (plot) preview (was: Re: Preview - Input needed?)

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi,

not the most important question about docked previews, IMO, but to
get back to "undocking":

Essentially you can already do this (in the work/preview_with_menu
branch), by using Device->Duplicate, i.e. first option in the menu.
This is not strictly undocking, but it can be used to turn a preview
into an independent plot window. And I tend to think it does so in a
rather useful way: logically promoting it from a preview to a regular
plot, so that it will neither be updated by changes in the dialog, nor
closed with the dialog.

As we also have print, copy to output, export in the preview's menu, do
we need a more prominent - or different - "undock" action at all?

Regards
Thomas

On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:44:25 +0100
d_jan <d_jan at ymail.com> wrote:
> > while we're still at brainstorming, I'll toss in a further thought
> > in this category: Turn the "Preview"-checkbox itself into a
> > tri-state control, e.g. a drop-down menu "Preview disabled",
> > "Docked Preview", "Separate window".[…]
> 
> What I know as a sort of standard from dockable windows in
> applications is having the preview on/off button on the "main"
> window, and the attached/detached button on the dockable (sub) window.
> 
> E.g. Developer Tools in the browser: Open them via the menu or
> shortcut; dock/undock them via a button at the dev tool window.
> 
> Or see this mockup: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/obyGpv (wording
> dock/sockable etc. needs to be discussed, but I think it is clear
> enough to get what it does)
> 
> Does this make sense?
> 
> Jan
> 

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