New UI Panel buttons layout is not as good as the old UI
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Hello,
The New UI gives us similar options to the Old UI as to where to show panels:
Unfortunately, if panel buttons are specified left-bottom or right-bottom, the buttons still show at the top.
This:
- creates a disconnect between panel button and panel
- makes the buttons for bottom sections harder to spot as they're immediately after the top buttons
This certainly seems like a step back.
Can you bring back the old button positioning please, so bottom panel buttons show in the bottom corners?
Thanks,
Dave
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Hello Dave,
Indeed, we removed the horizontal sidebar at the bottom so all the tool window buttons are now shown vertically. Windows docked to the top and bottom are both on top and only divided by the horizontal stripe. We apologize if this looks confusing.
There's already a request in our tracker for this, kindly upvote IDEA-322775 (and related) and follow for updates. Please refer to this article if you are not familiar with YouTrack.
Thanks Ekaterina Valeeva for pointing me at an existing issue 🙏