Docker tabs with Icons

Develop Feature Requests
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Please stay on topic everyone.

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I’m resurrecting this thread as I think this feature is a great idea for accessibility, customization, and improving user adoption rates.

I’d like to address some concerns raised in the thread directly and definitively:

  1. We should split vertical tabs into a separate topic, that is a separate feature to the thread’s title and makes it harder to focus on a single feature.
  2. Hologram‘s suggestion of icons when collapsed then icon + text when selected is the industry standard, and is a good approach. I’ll build on it by suggesting that the ideal answer would be:
    1. Add a “Docker Tab Settings” section to Settings
    2. Add a “Tab Text” dropdown with the following options:
      1. Always show
      2. Show when selected
      3. Never show
    3. Add a “Tab Icons” checkbox, toggling icons on or off.
  3. @halla’s concerns on the quality of icons are valid, however I think it’s better to use something simple that can act as a placeholder for now (even pre-existing icons) rather than being bogged down on the details. For people with some learning and/or mental disabilities text is more difficult to understand than even ambiguous icons. So long as the icons are just different enough they will be able to make that connection. Having no icons at all offers them the same experience you have with apps that have no text, and ambiguous icons. The reason they aren’t here chipping in… well, that’s related to the problem at hand I suppose :sweat_smile:. Many of them are forced to use CSP purely because the free alternative is impossible for them to use, and unfortunately, they usually lack the ability to communicate this shortcoming due to their absent language skills, or other difficulties committing to a long-form text based discussion on the internet.
  4. @tiar it makes sense that having new features will result in more bugs for you to wrangle, but as you recently created a new topic for a new feature that addresses the same issue listed here in a different way, it sounds like that’s a challenge you’re willing to accept. Personally I prefer this approach, which is easy for me to say when I’m not the one who needs to deal with the bugs it introduces, but I think it’s a simple, neat solution that doesn’t require the average user to re-think their workflow. I still like the docker-docker idea though, so just as long as we introduce a way to navigate the gui using icons, I’m happy.
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I don’t know if all what was said is taken into account, but there is development on this topic.