File list and Task list in the same page

[farfilli]

This is a proposal to have both lists on the same page.
In this way, an user can interact better in its setting up process

Here a mockup

[rmcanany]

That's a good idea. It's on the list!

[rmcanany]

I decided against this for now. I felt like it was a little overstimulating visually and taking up a lot of screen real estate. I might look at it again for a future release. Thank you for the suggestion, anyway.

[farfilli]

Well perhaps an expand\collapse button would help to keep it clear

[farfilli]

I have created an experimental branch with the "tasks plan" button that expands \ collaps the tasks pane.
I have also added a toolbar where a user can retrieve the tasks list configuration (I have called it "Plans")
Please have a look and let me know https://github.com/farfilli/SolidEdgeHousekeeper/tree/TaskPane

Please remember that this is only a concept therefore the plans toolbar doesn't work and the actual retrieve \ save tasks configuration will lead to errors as I just move controls to the collapsible pane at runtime.

[rmcanany]

That's slick. You have a knack for organizing things in a logical and unobtrusive way.

[farfilli]

We can plan this enhancement for a future release, let me know when I should start to mess up on the main branch.
Time to reopen this issue?

[farfilli]

I have used the current version (tabs version) after working on the split page concept for a while makes me feel it is the right way.
You have under control the list of tasks during execution, perhaps we could also add a marker to highlight the task that is currently executed during the processing.
The saved plans will be a huge time saver, for example, a user with different customer settings could work in a "neutral" common setup and in the end apply the customer settings to the whole files.

Ability to save plans will be a premium feature, we can make a separate issue for that

[rmcanany]

I'm still not totally convinced on combining the two tabs, but I do trust your judgement on such things.

I should be ready to release the next version in the coming weeks. Once that's out, we can try out the split view concept.

[farfilli]

Or, as an option we could give the user the ability to choose tabs Vs split.

If all the control are on a pane control should be easy to move it from a container to another

[rmcanany]

That's a great idea!

I've been laying the groundwork for this. Previously I captured settings by checking all controls recursively. Now I have property getters/setters. If a property change requires a UI update, it's in the setter code. Much cleaner and easier to deal with.