Board/Library Manager "Versions" not intutitive.

[bdowling]

Describe the request

The behavior of the version drop down immediately changing (dropping the installing version) and highlighting the prior version after clicking install does not seem very intuitive at first use, it tripped me up initially before recognizing what it was doing.

Describe the current behavior

When you select to install the latest version of a library or board plugin, the version drop-down immediately changes to the prior version. This can make the user think they are installing the older version. You have no visual indication of "Installing version x.x" in the Manager window, the user would have to be monitoring the Output window.

Once it is installed of course, the "Version x.x Installed" appears, but is separated by the description from the version drop-down and install buttons. The drop-down the no longer lists the installed version.

I feel it would be more intuitive if the latest version remained in the drop-down, with "Installing or Installed" on the same line when the drop-down is expanded, but of course then the install button should be grayed out if the installed version is selected.

Just a thought/experience I wanted to share..

Arduino IDE version

2.0.4

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[bdowling]

One simple fix for this that I thought of while using the widgets again:

Change the "Install" button.

1. When the user first clicks it, change it to Installing, leaving the version in the drop-down.
2. Once installed, change it to Installed but grayed-out or highlighted in blue as the Installed box is. Or this could just replace the "Version x.x.x Installed/Uninstall" button where the "Installed" changes to "Uninstall" on hover-over, letting the version/button do double duty and not actually needing the other line to appear.
3. If the user changes drop-down to a different version after being installed, re-enable the "Install button", but it feels like it should have different wording, "Downgrade", "Upgrade" if you grok the version semantics, otherwise "Change Version" generically.