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# File Browser GUI: Planned Changes for 2.81 After the recent file browser UI design overhaul, we have a couple of TODOs stemming from own plans and user feedback. These we should probably do for 2.81: - [x] Add + and - buttons inside the name field (828905190e1, 2aa3e9c67c) - [x] Store the last used File Browser settings (display type, thumbnail size etc). Store inside Preferences, just like Quick Favorites. (rBddb157999eed) - [x] Make the Options sidebar open by default when saving images, link/append, and possibly others (28ee0f97c33b) - [x] Add preference for each temp window to either open as a window or the old full window temp state. (also move Render window option to Preferences for consistency then - rB95373e2749, rBf5bbaf55ac, rBcac756a92a) - [x] Add click-in-empty-area-to-deselect to File Browser (42c062c98a) - [ ] Better handling of temp windows, so they don’t ’steal’ each others windows (T69819, D5810) - [ ] Better handling of secondary windows so they always display on top (T69819, D5810) - [x] Don't use full width for upper bar, "indent" it by the left hand region to move the navigation buttons closer to the file list (rB57519f237a91) - [ ] Add back Delete & make it use the system Trash (D4585) ## Open Topics - ~~[ ] Smarter file path controls that work like clickable breadcrumbs, which also allow you to double-click or click on empty space in it to edit as text~~ //Delayed, we'll first try how just bringing the navigation icons closer to the file list works.// We'd like to experiment with this as an alternative to bringing back the `..` item. - [x] Find & implement a better way to expose file operator options (rBadfe68e202) We didn't want to expose a huge empty side-bar for common cases like save & open, when there are really few settings. So idea was to have the sidebar hidden by default for these, with a prominent way to open it. That's why a big button on the left side-bar was chosen, with the obvious trade-off being that it opens a region on the right. We should re-evaluate on that and decide on a better solution, the trade-off is too apparent. - [x] Search and file path buttons are barely usable in small areas, needs a solution (rB98c0d16da53a) We could make the contents a bit more responsive, so buttons are moved into a menu if space is tight. Or we merge the file path and the search button so that when clicking on a search icon button, the file path button turns into the search button.

# File Browser GUI: Planned Changes for 2.81 After the recent file browser UI design overhaul, we have a couple of TODOs stemming from own plans and user feedback. These we should probably do for 2.81: - [x] Add + and - buttons inside the name field (828905190e1, 2aa3e9c67c) - [x] Store the last used File Browser settings (display type, thumbnail size etc). Store inside Preferences, just like Quick Favorites. (rBddb157999eed) - [x] Make the Options sidebar open by default when saving images, link/append, and possibly others (28ee0f97c33b) - [x] Add preference for each temp window to either open as a window or the old full window temp state. (also move Render window option to Preferences for consistency then - rB95373e2749, rBf5bbaf55ac, rBcac756a92a) - [x] Add click-in-empty-area-to-deselect to File Browser (42c062c98a) - [x] Better handling of temp windows, so they don’t ’steal’ each others windows (T69819, rBedffb0e9b19d) - [x] Better handling of secondary windows so they always display on top (T69819, rBedffb0e9b19d) - [x] Don't use full width for upper bar, "indent" it by the left hand region to move the navigation buttons closer to the file list (rB57519f237a91) - [ ] Add back Delete & make it use the system Trash (D4585) ## Open Topics - ~~[ ] Smarter file path controls that work like clickable breadcrumbs, which also allow you to double-click or click on empty space in it to edit as text~~ //Delayed, we'll first try how just bringing the navigation icons closer to the file list works.// We'd like to experiment with this as an alternative to bringing back the `..` item. - [x] Find & implement a better way to expose file operator options (rBadfe68e202) We didn't want to expose a huge empty side-bar for common cases like save & open, when there are really few settings. So idea was to have the sidebar hidden by default for these, with a prominent way to open it. That's why a big button on the left side-bar was chosen, with the obvious trade-off being that it opens a region on the right. We should re-evaluate on that and decide on a better solution, the trade-off is too apparent. - [x] Search and file path buttons are barely usable in small areas, needs a solution (rB98c0d16da53a) We could make the contents a bit more responsive, so buttons are moved into a menu if space is tight. Or we merge the file path and the search button so that when clicking on a search icon button, the file path button turns into the search button.

# File Browser GUI: Planned Changes for 2.81 After the recent file browser UI design overhaul, we have a couple of TODOs stemming from own plans and user feedback. These we should probably do for 2.81: - [x] Add + and - buttons inside the name field (828905190e1, 2aa3e9c67c) - [x] Store the last used File Browser settings (display type, thumbnail size etc). Store inside Preferences, just like Quick Favorites. (rBddb157999eed) - [x] Make the Options sidebar open by default when saving images, link/append, and possibly others (28ee0f97c33b) - [x] Add preference for each temp window to either open as a window or the old full window temp state. (also move Render window option to Preferences for consistency then - rB95373e2749, rBf5bbaf55ac, rBcac756a92a) - [x] Add click-in-empty-area-to-deselect to File Browser (42c062c98a) - [ - [x] Better handling of temp windows, so they don’t ’steal’ each others windows (T69819, D5810rBedffb0e9b19d) - [ - [x] Better handling of secondary windows so they always display on top (T69819, D5810rBedffb0e9b19d) - [x] Don't use full width for upper bar, "indent" it by the left hand region to move the navigation buttons closer to the file list (rB57519f237a91) - [ ] Add back Delete & make it use the system Trash (D4585) ## Open Topics - ~~[ ] Smarter file path controls that work like clickable breadcrumbs, which also allow you to double-click or click on empty space in it to edit as text~~ //Delayed, we'll first try how just bringing the navigation icons closer to the file list works.// We'd like to experiment with this as an alternative to bringing back the `..` item. - [x] Find & implement a better way to expose file operator options (rBadfe68e202) We didn't want to expose a huge empty side-bar for common cases like save & open, when there are really few settings. So idea was to have the sidebar hidden by default for these, with a prominent way to open it. That's why a big button on the left side-bar was chosen, with the obvious trade-off being that it opens a region on the right. We should re-evaluate on that and decide on a better solution, the trade-off is too apparent. - [x] Search and file path buttons are barely usable in small areas, needs a solution (rB98c0d16da53a) We could make the contents a bit more responsive, so buttons are moved into a menu if space is tight. Or we merge the file path and the search button so that when clicking on a search icon button, the file path button turns into the search button.