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Design: How does the user trigger actions from the status bar?

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Description

Currently, TinyPilot's status bar is purely informational. It shows information to the user, but clicking on the status bar does nothing.

Over the past couple of years, we've discussed a few instances where it would be useful if the user could trigger an action from the status bar:

We should think about what adjustments we'd need to make to the status bar to go from making it informational-only to having a mix of informational and controls that can respond to clicks.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the current status-bar implementation and issue 1511, then compare the proposed key-history and video-settings actions. Define how informational content and clickable controls should coexist, including what actions are exposed and how users recognize them; the issue is done when the interaction design and required adjustments are agreed.

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Assessment

Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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