Undocking (plot) preview

[jan]

btw.: here is how firefox does this:
http://imgur.com/Uz5QlH5

Jan
PS.: I must admit I retouched an irritating icon away

Am 05.02.2016 um 22:15 schrieb jan:
> I like the idea from the technical point of view, but I assume it is not
> easy to grasp for the user. It is most likely that users would see the
> preview not as some "view" (in the MVC-meaning of view) of the data but
> as "the one preview" – just because most people are used to that.
>
> So I would recommend that you can easily dock/undock the preview, but –
> if that makes still sense – to provide the duplicate in the menu.
>
> One important thing: I would strongly advice to find another name
> instead of "device" – like "visualization", "graphic", or even "display"
> or "view".
>
> Jan
>
>
>
> Am 03.02.2016 um 21:37 schrieb 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
>>>