OpenFn / OpenFn/lightning

Inspector tabs should have a scrolling animation

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Description

In the inspector, the right-hand tabs (at least, maybe all tabs) should use a visible scrolling animation when switching between tabs. So that the tab container behaves like an image carousel.

I can't find a good isolated example of what I mean. I am probably searching for the wrong thing. To be clear, I mean animating the tab container, not the tabs themselves (although we may want to do that too)

Without animation, flicking between the Run, Log and Input/Output tabs creates a big flicker. A lot of content is moving in and out, and in particular loading the dark code panels against a white UI panel is really really janky. Adding a nice sliding animation will make this transition so much smoother.

implementation notes

Our tab controller basically needs an animated mode, maybe defaulting to true (unless this is too heavyweight visually across the app).

I suspect we need to restructure the tab panel to use a column layout where all tabs are always visible and we scroll the column into view, rather than hide the other panels. We may need to do something clever about not rendering tab content while the panel isn't visible. But we can just do a simple scrollTo to handle the animation.

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Research direction

Start at the inspector's tab controller and tab panel, especially the right-hand Run, Log, and Input/Output tabs. Check how panels are currently shown or hidden and investigate whether scrollTo can provide the requested transition without rendering all content. Done means switching tabs produces a smooth visible container animation without the current flicker.

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Assessment

Tech stack
elixir
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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