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Reorganize two toolbars for Variables pane
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Description
The Variables pane has two toolbars:
It isn't clear to me why some controls are in vs. the other, and it does seem strange to have the UI choosing which session to show below the UI components for sorting within that session.
I'd like to advocate for having only one toolbar here, even if that makes the secondary side bar disappear at larger widths.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Variables pane and inspect how its two toolbars divide session selection from within-session sorting controls. Define a single-toolbar arrangement that makes the control hierarchy clear, including the behavior at larger widths where the secondary sidebar may disappear.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100