WISH: Sticky issue titles

[HenrikBengtsson]

• Git version: 1.11.2
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Description

I'd like to propose an option for having issue titles be sticky when scrolling in the browser so that it is possible to always see what the title of the issue is regardless how far down you the comments you scroll. See below screenshots for behavior. This idea probably apply to other areas too, e.g. 'Pull requests'.

Screenshots

Proof-of-Concept Patch

I've implemented an ad-hoc patch myself that be in use for 3-4 months now. It is particularly useful in screen-share meetings where the moderator goes through issues and audience have no control of the interface. Using sticky issue titles avoid the question "What issue is this again?". The patch I apply for each Gitea update is:

--- view_title.tmpl 2020-03-08 14:07:39.647415337 -0700
+++ new_view_title.tmpl     2020-03-08 13:38:17.576454430 -0700
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="sixteen wide column title">
+<div class="sixteen wide column title" style="position: -webkit-sticky; position: sticky; top: -10px; z-index: 10; background-color: white;">
        <div class="ui grid">
                <h1 class="twelve wide column">
                        <span class="index">#{{.Issue.Index}}</span> <span id="issue-title" class="has-emoji">{{.Issue.Title}}</span>
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
                        </div>
                {{end}}
        </div>
+</div>
+<div class="sixteen wide column title">
        {{if .HasMerged}}
                <div class="ui purple large label"><i class="octicon octicon-git-pull-request"></i> {{.i18n.Tr "repo.pulls.merged"}}</div>
        {{else if .Issue.IsClosed}}

[HenrikBengtsson]

Fixed: I posted a patch/diff toward the wrong code base so it looked much bigger - tI've updated the patch/diff - it's really a small update

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[HenrikBengtsson]

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[lunny]

@HenrikBengtsson Could you send a PR to gitea?

[HenrikBengtsson]

@lunny, would the diff in my top post suffice? I'm not familiar with the Gitea template framework, so it's a bit of a good-enough hack.

[jolheiser]

@HenrikBengtsson I think we would run into issues with the dark theme (e.g. white background style), as well we would want it to be optional and probably controlled by a class rather than inline styling if possible.

[silverwind]

I'd oppose this. It is one of the annoyances of GH that I don't like and which I disable with userstyles.

Issue title is not important enought not warrant taking away screen estate. It's duplicating with the browser tab title and easily visible when opening the issue, which ought to be enough.

[HenrikBengtsson]

I'd oppose this. ... Issue title is not important enought not warrant taking away screen estate.

Maybe it could be an optional feature?

So, the background for this feature request is to improve the Gitea experience during group meetings (in person or online) going through issues in the issue tracker. You have one person controlling the Gitea interface who share/project their screen. Since that person is in control, they also know exactly which issue they are currently on. In contrast, everyone else tends to get lost in which issue is currently discussed. This happens because the transition to the next issue is often too quick, or people tend to keep chatting with attention elsewhere when moving to the next issue. The issue title provides everyone with minimal, necessary info to catch up without having to ask the host to scroll back up to show the title and so on. We have used "stick issue titles" for 6+ months now and it helped us a lot.

[silverwind]

Yeah sticky headers are certainly something to consider having a option for. Some people like them, some don't and they can be very distracting, especially on small screens.

I guess we need to introduce a "UI Options" section, can probably be localStorage-backed only.

[HenrikBengtsson]

Your and my "use case" made me realize that this type of feature then might belong to whoever is currently browsing Gitea, rather than the repos owner or Gitea admin. (I deploy my hack throughout Gitea at each update)

[silverwind]

I'd make it a browser-specific option (e.g. localStorage does that). I guess you could sticky that header with a simple Userstyle too, so no need to touch server code.

[HenrikBengtsson]

Not really an option for us - too many people, computes, and browsers hosting - it's hard enough to get people to use issue trackers in the first place :p