googlefonts / fontra

A browser-based font editor
https://fontra.xyz
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New 'application settings' view #1594

Closed ollimeier closed 2 weeks ago

ollimeier commented 2 months ago

Today we discussed that we need a new section for general settings for any kind of setting which do not belong to the font. For example: shortcuts or appearance settings like text sizes.

We may need a new menu bar item 'Fontra' at the beginning or at the end of the main menu, similar to other application menubars on macOS.

At the beginning this will not be displayed, because this is in preparation for customizable shortcuts #721

Fontra -> Application settings --> Shortcuts --> Editor appearance --> Extensions --> Server info

All the items should be more or less placeholders, because at the current stage it's meant as preparation. The content is more similar to the 'font info sections'.

Notes related to 'Shortcuts': A mock-up which contains a list of items with shortcuts (customizable). The list should be grouped, eg. one group could be 'Tools'. At that stage it's not necessary to make it foldable. A custom design search box is not required, because the build-in browser search is good enough. At least for now.

This view will partially replace the "gear" sidebar, and therefore this issue relates to (or is part of) #1588.