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[Feature Request]: Close/empty asset sidebar when deselecting asset #29

Open JurrianVRHDHV opened 5 months ago

JurrianVRHDHV commented 5 months ago

Is there an existing issue for this?

What would your feature do ?

If an asset is selected the asset sidebar opens, showing its attributes. When deselecting an asset the sidebar remains on the last selected asset information overview, which can cause confusion when switching between similair assets. afbeelding afbeelding

It is unclear if you select a new asset with a similair name and basic attributes if you clicked correctly.

Deselecting the asset would either:

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This would improve the workflow when working the a larger number of similair assets.

Proposed workflow

  1. Select asset
  2. Asset sidebar opens

Option A

  1. Deselect asset (by clicking on part of map with no other selectable asset or option)
  2. Sidebar empties of last selected asset info
  3. Sidebar closes

Option B

  1. Deselect asset
  2. Sidebar empties information of last selected asset
  3. Sidebar window shows [empty/no asset selected]

Additional information

This should not been needed when switching directly between assets. If should function as a method for the user to check that they are working on the correct asset.

ewoudwerkman commented 1 month ago

@edwinmatthijssen we could hide the sidebar when you click on the map. Is that behaviour we could introduce? It does improve usability when you are doing other things while the sidebar is still open.

edwinmatthijssen commented 1 month ago

I like that idea... I'm not sure if it can simply be done in all cases when you click on the map. I know the DICE workflow has some interaction from the sidebar where the user need to click on the map. So we need to discuss this next Tuesday.

PS. I would also want the sidebar to hide when you press ESC.

ewoudwerkman commented 1 month ago

Pressing Esc will now hide the sidebar (fix is now in main branch of MapEditor, so next release). As the map moves when closing the sidebar, Option A is not that user-friendly. Option B is being investigated, to update the sidebar when there is no selection, indicating that the user should select something to see properties.