Maximize split within tab

[fruzitent]

Expected use-case

Imagine a tab with the main channel and one or more alt channels that belong to the same streamer or a group.

The alt channels are usually inactive, but when they go live, you can:

• create a temporary tab
• resize the split

Rather than doing it this way, which necessitates subsequently reverting the changes, you could "maximize" the split in question.

Example UX/UI

before	after

Possible Hotkeys

• Double click on a split header similar to Windows behavior (may replace select channel dialog)
• Alt+F similar to i3's fullscreen toggle behavior (convenient in combination with Alt+Arrows)

[pajlada]

My biggest concern with this would be UX

• how does a user know they are in fullscreen?
• how does a user know how to "normalize" the split again?

Some of this could be solved by not having a default binding for the feature, so you have to either go through a menu option, or keybind it manually

[Felanbird]

My biggest concern with this would be UX
- how does a user know they are in fullscreen?

tmux solves this by adding an indicator to the tab (so instead of
"0:bash*" it's "0:bash*Z"). I suppose an icon in the tabs would be a
good starting place. We could also try changing the color of the split
header when maximized.

- how does a user know how to "normalize" the split again?

Pressing the key bind again is a good way (unless explicitly configured
otherwise)

Some of this could be solved by not having a default binding for the feature, so you have to either go through a menu option, or keybind it manually

I'm not sure on adding this with no default, we could add a popup on
first use like the hide notebook tabs one. Such an action with no
default hotkey is hard to discover. However I wouldn't mind adding a
menu option that does this.

• Mm2PL 2025/01/13 13:01 PM UTC

[fruzitent]

duplicate (#4354)