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WeakAuras Options Exploration

Stanzilla opened this issue ยท 2 comments

commented

Every since I added the Disable Import toggle in Cataclysm or so, I have been thinking about how to do options in WeakAuras properly. Mostly I have been saying that I don't want to do them at all because it kinda felt too meta but now I think we have reached a point where we can and should do them.

There are two entry points I've been thinking about:

1: A new fake RegionType at the bottom of the new New page.

pros:
- Good visibility
- can do the feature indicator treatment,
- would fit in well with the planned Defaults section
cons:
- It doesn't really fit into New

2: A cogwheel icon where the Disable Import checkbox is now

pros:
- Always visible
- Can probably make the icon glow or something to catch attention on first release

cons:
- it's small
- people might not look in that area to find an options button
- Might look weird if we include the planned Defaults section as a sub page

As for what we can and should include as options in the new panel:

current:
- Disable Import
- Enable Minimap Icon
- Editor Theme selection

new:
- Updating settings, copy or update as default
- Debug mode on/off
- Update nag messages on/off? Debatable, we might not want to allow turning it off so people stop being lazy and update their stuff
- snapping on/off
- snapping hint panel on drag on/off
- Hit me

So what do you guys think? 1 or 2? Got more pros and cons for me?

commented

What about putting the setting panel button at the place of the "snap icon toggle" on the mockup infus did here https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12950521/59150883-98e64c80-8a2a-11e9-9860-3b94431eacd9.png ?

commented

Also a valid idea