Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] Repo-browser with split-pane

Udo Eberhardt wrote:

> Two possible approaches I can think of:
>
> - If you want to compare two files, launch 2 browser instances. The
> browser needs to support interaction between instances properly.
> Probably, this is difficult to implement and a bit non-intuitive to use.

Difficult and not very intuitive. Users won't even notice that they can
use two repo browsers to get more commands than they have if they only
use one. And features the users don't know that they exist are
completely useless - we might as well just remove those features.

Also, it would be difficult to check whether the second repobrowser is
showing the same repository as the first one. And that's required for
those commands to work.

> - Support a 4 pane view: 2 folder panes on the left, 2 corresponding
> file panes on the right. This view could be activated if required, e.g.
> via a button. By default a 2 pane view is shown.

That's what I was thinking of too. But I'm just not comfortable enough
with that approach (yet?). There still are some things I don't like (4
panes take a lot of space, it's not something users are familiar with, ...).

I'll keep thinking about this - maybe I'll get some day an idea on how
to do this properly.

Stefan

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