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Confusing Menu UI, especially regarding Saving and other functions

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Area: Design Area:CSS Enhancement Needs Design
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Description

Increasing Access

It will make users save their sketches properly, which in turns allows them to share more and allow more people to join :D

Feature enhancement details

Light/Dark Modes

  • Make greyed out options more obviously greyed out

High Contrast

  • The greyed out options are currently not greyed out at all; this can be confusing

It needs to be clear that the sketch needs to be saved before other options -- maybe put a bubble or arrow that says Save should be first. @freaug has experienced trying to share a sketch and hitting across a greyed out Share option with no clear direction on how to move past that, except by accident.

One way: when clicking Share (for example), a bubble pops up next to it that says it needs to be saved first.
Another way: module pops up that says it needs to be saved first
Another another way: When trying to Share/Save while not logged in, a bubble pops up saying you need to log in

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Research direction

Start from the editor's Save and Share menu controls and trace their behavior when a sketch is unsaved or the user is logged out. Check the light, dark, and high-contrast states, then verify that disabled options are visibly distinct and that attempting Share or Save explains the required next step.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
accessibility, design, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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