Keep the bottom panel visible when enabling the distraction-free mode

[Calinou]

• Document EditorInterface.set_distraction_free_mode() and rename its enter parameter to enable for clarity.

This closes godotengine/godot-proposals#951.

[akien-mga]

It's a bit hard to know if this is a wanted change given the low amount of interaction on the proposal.
I'm not against it but as it stands it's a bit arbitrary. Maybe a Twitter poll with screenshots would help decide?

[Calinou]

@akien-mga Feel free to make such a poll 🙂 Make sure to state the upsides of keeping the bottom panel visible too (easier access to the panels).

[akien-mga]

Well I meant more for you to make a Twitter, since you're already used to doing so for other UX changes you've done ;)

[YuriSizov]

If it's any references, inability to work with the Debugger, Output and Search Results panels while in DFM was one of my points in this Reddit post and godotengine/godot-proposals#512. While people were arguing about some things, I don't remember them arguing that this was not a problem.

Indeed, it doesn't make any sense to use the Script editor without those tools, and as such makes the distraction-free mode in its current form rather pointless. Unless someone likes to toggle it constantly to switch back and forth between being able to code and being able to see the bottom panel (which would be irritating, if you ask me).

I seriously doubt, that anyone finds what is currently offered by this utility mode any useful. There may be a better solution, but this is definitely a problem.

[hilfazer]

If Distraction Free Mode's purpose is working with code then it absolutely should support global search.

I don't have a Twitter account so i'm casting my vote here.

[akien-mga]

Nobody seems really against it, so let's merge once rebased.

[akien-mga]

Thanks!

[akien-mga]

Cherry-picked for 3.2.3.