Proof of Concept - testing Desktop menu options

[guergana]

• fixes #392

This PR is for testing out how customizable the desktop app menu is for different platforms. Not to be merged.

Findings:

• The Menu is highly customizable.
• There are generic menu functions defined as roles.
• The actions on the submenus can be also functions that do specific tasks within the application
• The nav bar can be hidden by default or show all the time.
• The menu can be rendered differently for MacOS.

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[guergana]

@romicolman could you please make a build for Mac and test that the menu is showing? The options in the menu should be the ones I added in this file: https://github.com/okfn/opendataeditor/pull/412/files#diff-1802e03bbe8980e8dc3f41469c27831fc21b679efeb9534ab23c9a783671aba4 :D

[romicolman]

@guergana I checked changes on Mac. The Open Data Editor menu seems ok, but I can't see other changes. I also have a couple of comments: VIEW menu Toggle developer tools.: Is this useful for developers? This is the first time I see this option on a View menu. Toggle full screen: can we change it to Full screen?

Open Data Editor menu Services: can we remove this option?

HELP menu

We should include the Open Data Editor User Guide there: https://opendataeditor.okfn.org/documentation/getting-started/

FILE Menu

VIEW menu

HELP menu

Open Data Editor menu

[romicolman]

Based on the research, I will create a separate ticket so we can make changes to menu options.

[guergana]

Another finding of the investigation is that there are predefined actions that a menu can do, the ones that offer a more native experience, those are defined here: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/menu-item#roles

For other actions that might not have a role, a custom action can be implemented. @romicolman

[romicolman]

Now that research is concluded, I have created a separate issue: #417

[guergana]

Closed because this was a research task and will continue in another issue. See: https://github.com/okfn/opendataeditor/pull/412#issuecomment-2144703747