atom-community / atom-community/tool-bar
Migrate to dock?
- Dominant language
- CSS
- Stars
- 160
- Forks
- 47
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
At the moment, setting the tool bar to `right` only places it as far right as the edge of the dock panel if there is one, like this:

Maybe some kind of 'dock' option, similar to 'full width' if set to 'bottom' could position it all the way to the edge (i.e as a 'dock')…
> Docks are an extension of Atom’s pane system designed to hold interface elements that you want to quickly toggle into and out of view. This is a common pattern for tool panels
See also the [blog post](http://blog.atom.io/2017/05/16/atom-1-17.html) about the new panel system.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by examining how the toolbar's `right` and `bottom` settings interact with Atom's dock and panel system, using the linked Atom 1.17 blog post for context. Define how a new `dock` option should behave relative to `full width`, then verify that the toolbar reaches the dock edge in the relevant positions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100