More evidence that the Classic UI is the True UI
I like adding posts about the New UI because of how much of a step backwards it is in my opinion.
This is another piece of anecdotal evidence for how the Classic UI is where it's at.
We all know how garbage eclipse is yet somehow people still use it. Today I managed to get a colleague to install and try out IDEA because eGit was broken and not showing the git log or local changes.
After installing IDEA I watched as he struggled to use it and find the version control settings and other menu items.
After a couple of hours I got him to install the Classic UI plugin and enable the modal commit window and he was able to get straight into working.
The biggest problem with the New UI is discoverability which makes it harder to work with as people can't find what they need.
The second biggest problem is how bad web fonts and buttons etc look in desktop applications.
Anyway, it's nice to complain.
And as a great man once said: "It's a free country. You can have your own opinions. If they are different from mine though then you are wrong" :D
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Though I understand your concern and cannot object to the fact that you have personal reasons to use non-default options, I must share a related productivity tip. For improved functions discoverability, try using Search Everywhere
For example:
To see the tool window names on your screen:
So I clicked “Show tool window names” like you suggested and the very first thing I noticed is it didn't expand wide enough to fit the whole word "Structure" in it.
I even reset the IDE settings to check.
Maybe I should get a job as a QA.
The next thing I noticed is that the VCS view is now 2 views - 3 if you count the branch view and how it isn't in the same location as the others on the left.
The "Commit" view on the top left isn't big enough to see the difference of the file you have selected like when it is at the bottom. I accidentally double clicked on it and the diff preview appeared. However, it appeared in an editor window so it obscured the file I was editing.
I gave it a chance though and dragged it to the bottom. The functionality changed to show the preview like it is supposed to - this isn't a good thing though because functionality shouldn't change based on location. Even when at the bottom the new view is useless because the commit window already is visible meaning it blocks the list of modified files so you can only see one or two.
The branch list is technically a different view even in the classic ui but because of the location at the bottom of the screen along with the rest of the view it feels like one view in the classic ui.
In the new ui you have one part on left top, one part on top left and one part on left bottom which means your eyes are moving around the screen for one piece of functionality.
Now if we look at the locations - move a view to "Left bottom" and the icon is in left *top* separated from the _actual_ left top items by a line.
The whole new ui is wonky and the crazy thing is that it has been default for long enough for some people to have never used the "proper" ui and have just accepted that the bad view is how it is and has to be.
It reminds me of eclipse developers who just put up with an awful IDE because they have never tried anything different.
It makes me really appreciate the maintainer of the "Classic UI" and "Modal Commit Interface" plugins! Thank you to them!
So I clicked “Show tool window names” like you suggested and the very first thing I noticed is it didn't expand wide enough to fit the whole word "Structure" in it.
You may resize the tool window stripe, if you prefer to see the full text. Example:
> The "Commit" view on the top left isn't big enough to see the difference of the file you have selected like when it is at the bottom.
I am not sure that I understood this part correctly. You may align the tool window from vertical to horizontal mode by ⋮ or dragging. This changes the layout from “vertical” to “horizonal” mode, so it is correct, that is looks different.
Here is the list of suggested tweaks that might help to improve your workflow: bridging the gap between Classic and New UI