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phetsims / joist

Joist is the main framework for PhET Interactive Simulations. Joist creates and displays the simulation content, home screen, navigation bar, About dialog, enables switching between tabs, and other framework-related features.
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Should Preferences Menu include toggle for "Pan and Zoom" #857

Closed kathy-phet closed 1 year ago

kathy-phet commented 1 year ago

I noticed that Pan and Zoom is not in the preference menu, while we have moved all of the other options into that menu. Is there a use case where a user might prefer it off or want to toggle it on/off? Should there be access in the preferences menu?

Is it a "Visual" preference? sort of.

Related - if so, @zepumph, it would need to be in the collection of preferences.

emily-phet commented 1 year ago

I would prefer not to have a Pan and Zoom option in the preferences menu. We've been quite thoughtful about it's design, and it should feel relatively seamless from other system pan and zoom experiences. There is probably a case where it might not be desired (likely in a tablet situation) but I would prefer to leave it as is if and until there is a strong need arises to include an option to turn it off.

My hunch is that the Preferences menu loses utility the more cluttered it gets, so keeping the options as minimal as possible will help support ease of understanding around the options that are provided.

kathy-phet commented 1 year ago

I'm fine leaving it. Just wanted to check.