Bug 178355 - Web Inspector: Make Web Inspector open undocked by default
Summary: Web Inspector: Make Web Inspector open undocked by default
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Inspector (show other bugs)
Version: WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Joseph Pecoraro
URL:
Keywords: InRadar
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-10-16 11:50 PDT by Joseph Pecoraro
Modified: 2017-10-23 11:02 PDT (History)
6 users (show)

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[IMAGE] Default Undocked Size (221.59 KB, image/png)
2017-10-16 11:55 PDT, Joseph Pecoraro 		no flags Details
[PATCH] Proposed Fix (2.95 KB, patch)
2017-10-16 11:55 PDT, Joseph Pecoraro 		no flags Details | Formatted Diff | Diff
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Description Joseph Pecoraro 2017-10-16 11:50:26 PDT 
Make Web Inspector open undocked by default

The docked size is over-constrained in many cases. Undocked gives a better experience.
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2017-10-16 11:54:04 PDT 
<rdar://problem/35011262>
Comment 2 Joseph Pecoraro 2017-10-16 11:55:07 PDT 
Created attachment 323921 [details]
[IMAGE] Default Undocked Size
Comment 3 Joseph Pecoraro 2017-10-16 11:55:17 PDT 
Created attachment 323922 [details]
[PATCH] Proposed Fix
Comment 4 Nikita Vasilyev 2017-10-16 11:55:37 PDT 
I'm not convinced undocked mode gives a better experience. I mostly use Web Inspector docked.

I think we need to poll a sizable number of people before making a change like this.
Comment 5 Maciej Stachowiak 2017-10-16 12:07:22 PDT 
I also think we need to do some consideration before we make this change. Also side-docked is another possible default besides not-docked.
Comment 6 BJ Burg 2017-10-16 12:37:21 PDT 
Highly unscientific poll here: https://twitter.com/brrian/status/920004717211656193

Personally, I think Dock to Bottom is useless for 90% of the features in Web Inspector. But maybe everyone uses the other 10%?

We have not put any effort into using alternate (smaller) layout when docked to bottom or side.
Comment 7 Joseph Pecoraro 2017-10-16 13:20:39 PDT 
Comment on attachment 323922 [details]
[PATCH] Proposed Fix

It does seem like many users use it docked based on other polls. Maybe we should spend some time to improve our docked UI.
Comment 8 Nikita Vasilyev 2017-10-17 00:53:39 PDT 
https://twitter.com/brrian/status/920004717211656193 currently shows "Docked to side" the most common option. It came to me as a surprise.

Based on this, I think making the split console take the full width was the right move. We should continue making Web Inspector more useful when it's narrow.