<html><body>Hello everyone,<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><div>I
am sending my final Mini Project report.</div><div><br></div><div>First, sorry for the huge delay. By the end of January, all PRs were almost finished but there were still some minor lacks that needed more time to address. Mainly the undocking functionality needed to ripen a bit. At the same time and later (till the end of February) I was also finishing preparations for my doctoral professional debate so It was quite a hectic period. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The next rows include a brief version of the final report. The full version with
permanent links on GitHub PRs and with screenshots of Single-Window GUI improvements can be found in the project wiki [1].<br></div><div><br></div><p>
<strong>Abstract:</strong><br>
This project follows ideas for Single-Window GUI improvements mentioned in the last-year Mini-project final report (please see <a class="-wm-ext-link" href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/RedesigningStatusbar#FinalReport"><span class="-wm-icon"></span></a>[2]).</p><p>The core part of the project is devoted to undocking map display
functionality. This ability is essential to users who prefer the
well-known Multi-Window GUI arrangement. The other part focuses on improving the layout of the Console pane. Related to the Console pane issue, the toggleable Log file button in
the Console pane is replaced by the simple Export history button which can store the whole history of executed commands. The
project also verifies if workspaces work well in Single-Window and
addresses saving the current user layout to a workspace file. The
workspace file also remembers and loads undocked map displays. <br></p><p><br></p>
<p>
<strong>The state of the art BEFORE the start of the Mini project:</strong><br>
</p>
<ul><li>The Single-Window GUI does not allow rearrangement to Multi-Window GUI.
</li><li>The widget with buttons managing the Command prompt is partly hidden after the GRASS launch.
</li><li>The Single-Window arrangement is not stored within the workspace.
</li></ul><p>
<strong>The state of the art AFTER Mini project:</strong><br>
Starting with GRASS 8.4 we can come across several Single-Window
improvements that were implemented as part of this project. First, there
is the new possibility to create a Multi-Window interface by undocking
map displays. Moreover, we can store a new arrangement within workspace
files. Last but not least, the Console layout better fits the
Single-Window interface. <br></p><p><br></p>
<p>
<strong>Next Steps:</strong><br>
Possible improvements for Single-Window GUI:
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<ul><li>Each user should be able to choose a convenient arrangement of
widgets. Creating, saving, and selecting perspectives could be part of a
new tab menu.
</li><li>It is necessary to change the rendering of the 3D View panel.
Now the 3D View pane is added as another panel under the Display tab -
very problematic in terms of space.
</li><li>Modify the appearance for the dark mode. Some parts are ugly
and illegible (names of AuiNotebook tabs, names of panes, ugly gradients,
etc.).</li></ul><p>Permanent links and screenshots can be found at [3] and [4].</p><p><br></p><p>[1] <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX</a></p><p>[2] <a class="-wm-ext-link" href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/RedesigningStatusbar#FinalReport">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/RedesigningStatusbar#FinalReport</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX#FinalReport">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX#FinalReport</a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX#ScreenshotsofSingle-WindowGUIimprovements">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/wxGUIDevelopment/ImprovingSingleWindowUX#ScreenshotsofSingle-WindowGUIimprovements</a></p><p><br></p><p>Have a nice week.</p>Linda</body></html>