Sidebar controls: bad UX

[wiswedel]

At start there are 2 buttons:

• Open sidebar
• Close

After opening the sidebar, the Open sidebar button still has the tooltip Open sidebar, even though the sidebar is already open. Clicking on the button does nothing.

In order to close the sidebar however, you don't have to click on the nearby Close button, but on the close button within the sidebar. (side note: Close ≠ close --> case sensitivity)

Here's my suggestion:

1. Turn the Open sidebar button into a Close sidebar button once the sidebar is opened
2. Make the icon consistent with the UX in richdocuments (Collabora):
   
3. Keep the Close button in the sidebar for the sake of consistency with other occasions' sidebar behavior
4. Rename the inner Close button's tooltip to Close document

[juliusknorr]

cc @nextcloud/designers as right now we still use the viewer app. However I was already thinking if we should just take care of the modal display manually as the sidebar can now be triggered individually. This would also help a lot with #82

[skjnldsv]

@juliushaertl What is wrong with the sidebar being opened by the viewer?

[jancborchardt]

Very related to nextcloud/viewer#328 in general.

Here's my suggestion:

1. Turn the Open sidebar button into a Close sidebar button once the sidebar is opened

👍

2. Make the icon consistent with the UX in richdocuments (Collabora):
   

I’d say it should be the other way around, that icon should be adjusted.

3. Keep the Close button in the sidebar for the sake of consistency with other occasions' sidebar behavior

Yep

4. Rename the inner Close button's tooltip to Close document

👍

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Additionally:

• Do not show the preview part in the sidebar because it makes no sense to have a preview for the document you have open right next to it.

[wiswedel]

Fully agree with @jancborchardt 's suggestions above

[skjnldsv]

1. Turn the Open sidebar button into a Close sidebar button once the sidebar is opened

But the sidebar already have the close button, is hiding it good enough? :)

[wiswedel]

1. Turn the Open sidebar button into a Close sidebar button once the sidebar is opened

But the sidebar already have the close button, is hiding it good enough? :)

no, see 3.

[juliusknorr]

This is fixed these days in the viewer