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A customizable ribbon UI for FreeCAD.
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Ribbon can be triggered by overlay function and then difficult to bring back #133

Open raindropsfromsky opened 6 days ago

raindropsfromsky commented 6 days ago

The sidepanels in FC (Treeview, tasks view and Property view) remain in Autohide mode, and appear only when we move the mouse over them.

In a similar fashion, the entire Ribbon Toolbar should be in Autohide mode. When the user moves the mouse over that area, it should appear. Once the user clicks on a button, and the mouse pointer leaves the area, the ribbon should disappear.

In fact, this function should be more sophisticated, like how Windows 11 autohides the Task Manager toolbar: It should show the toolbar only if the mouse moves into the area at a certain speed. If the mouse is moved in slowly, then the Ribbon should not appear. This lets the user work in the area reserved for the ribbon.

This will free up a massive part of the screen for the actual modeling.

APEbbers commented 6 days ago

Hi,

In FC 1.0 you can toggle the overlay function by pressing F3. The ribbon should dissapear to the topleft corner of the view window. I have disabled the AutoShow function in FC1.0 because entering the Ribbon with the mouse interferes with this overlay function an makes the ribbon disappear.

You can click on the pinbutton to enable the AutoHide function. When you click on a tab, the ribbon appears. When you leave the ribbon with the mouse the ribbon fold again.

Personally, I dont want the ribbon to disapear completly like the panels because it is a replacement for the toolbars and not an another panel. But I've not figured out how the exclude the ribbon from the overlay function.

kind regards

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The sidepanels in FC (Treeview, tasks view and Property view) remain in Autohide mode, and appear only when we move the mouse over them.

In a similar fashion, the entire Ribbon Toolbar should be in Autohide mode. When the user moves the mouse over that area, it should appear. Once the user clicks on a button, and the mouse pointer leaves the area, the ribbon should disappear.

In fact, this function should be more sophisticated, like how Windows 11 autohides the Task Manager toolbar: It should show the toolbar only if the mouse moves into the area at a certain speed. If the mouse is moved in slowly, then the Ribbon should not appear. This lets the user work in the area reserved for the ribbon.

This will free up a massive part of the screen for the actual modeling.

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raindropsfromsky commented 6 days ago

In FC 1.0 you can toggle the overlay function by pressing F3. The ribbon should dissapear to the topleft corner of the view window.

I tried F3 (after hovering the mouse on the Ribbon UI), but the Ribbon UI disappeared without leaving a target area where I can click to make it visible again. Even the side panels have disappeared. The screen is completely blank. Only the Status line is visible. There are no menus, which I can use to make the UI elements visible.

I tried to press F3 to toggle the panels on, but the panels do not appear at all.

Restarting FC made no difference.

How do I restore the full UI?

APEbbers commented 6 days ago

in the topleft area of the viewport should be an target area. If you have a panel left, it will be on the top right of that panel

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM Narayan @.***> wrote:

In FC 1.0 you can toggle the overlay function by pressing F3. The ribbon should dissapear to the topleft corner of the view window.

I tried F3, but the Ribbon UI disappeared without leaving a target area where I can click to make it visible again. The screen is completely blank, excepot for the Status line. (Even the side panels have disappeared.) I tried to press F3 to toggle the panels on, but the panels do not appear at all.

Restarting FC made no difference.

How do I restore the full UI?

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APEbbers commented 6 days ago

Sorry for my late response, I just came back from a work dinner.

Did you succeed? Below a screenshot from my laptop where the area should be: image

raindropsfromsky commented 6 days ago

I don't see any "overflow" menu (three dots).

I see a completely clean screen. image

raindropsfromsky commented 6 days ago

If I have to reinstall FC, I'd like to save the Ribbon WB's settings which I had created so painstakingly. How do I backup and restore the settings?

APEbbers commented 6 days ago

Before you reinstall FC can you try one of these buttons? image

The backup files and json files are located in the folder of the addon. under windows this is usually: image

raindropsfromsky commented 3 days ago

Thanks for the tip.

I tried all the hotkeys one by one, but nothing works. The display remains completely blank.

I found the folder: image

Which is the backup file? Also, what are the steps to save this file and restore it in the fresh vanilla installation to get the settings I crearted?

APEbbers commented 3 days ago

RibbonStructure is the settings file. The easiest way is to copy this file to your desktop. After reinstall, you can place it back.

It might be better to copy the entire "mod" folder with you installed workbenches. If you place it back after reinstall, All the workbench will be back. Saves you probably a lot of time installing add-ons

Normally there should be a folder named "backup". But I think the option for backups is not set yet.

raindropsfromsky commented 3 days ago

Normally there should be a folder named "backup". But I think the option for backups is not set yet.

In Ribbon WB, I had set the backup path to a local folder. It has created a 3.66 MB folder there.

How do I use this folder to restore the older settings?

(Or should I simply copy the entire "Mod" folder as you replied earlier?) With that approach, I don't have to reinstall all WBs, right?

But then does the "Mod" folder contaion the Ribbon wB settings also? (I am asking you this because I have set a different backup path in Ribbon WB.)

APEbbers commented 2 days ago

Hi,

copying the entire mod folder, saves you indeed from installing all wb's. if the backup folder is located somewhere else, you select the same folder after install again. You then can click on "restore" to select a backup file image