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Ability to set universal layout defaults
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Description
I did a few searches and nothing really matched, but my apologies if this is redundant....
I think it would be nice to be able to set universal default values for things like the layout. For example, I prefer to use the Side-by-Side layout, but this must be selected for each project. This is not the biggest inconvenience, but I like that in RStudio, you choose your Panes layout and it automatically applies it across all projects/folders.
Similarly, I love the data viewer ability (similar to "View(df)" in RStudio), but I hate that it default opens with "Summary on Left." Again, not a major issue, but it would be great if it were possible to select "Summary Hidden" as a default, rather than selecting it each time.
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 by locating how project-specific layout preferences and the data viewer's "Summary on Left" setting are stored and applied. Done means users can set universal defaults for both preferences and those defaults apply across projects without selecting them repeatedly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100