kneekoo left a comment (geany/geany#4397) > Possibly. The trouble is that there might be different opinions of what > "simple interface" is. Should status bar or toolbar be shown in the simple > interface for example? On the other hand, some users want a real hard-core > simple interface that other editors call "zen interface" or similar where you > only have the editor widget and nothing else (not even the menubar).
If any consideration is given to offering a simple/full interface toggle, Geany could come with the two profiles and allow people to create custom profiles accessible in a sub-menu. In my opinion, "simple" should be what people have been used to with the classic Notepad from Windows _(and other basic editors)_: menu + editor + status bar. Toolbars are typical to rich-text editors, so that is arguably unnecessary for simple text editing. But if the user would like a toolbar in simple mode, I would rather show a toolbar similar to [what Xed offers](https://github.com/linuxmint/xed?tab=readme-ov-file#classic-mode) to match the UI functionality. Certainly `Build` and `Compile` are not the kind of buttons that most people would ever need from a simple editor. The tab bar? I would only show it when more than one file is open in the editor. But I'm not a UX guy, so I don't know what's best for this feature. -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/4397#issuecomment-3173087320 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: <geany/geany/issues/4397/[email protected]>
