GSoC 2022 Tab Structure

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This page is a progress tracker for project "Tab Structure"

Project

About

Inkscape has great tools and features for designers, but problems arise when users use multiple files which creates multiple windows. For users, it becomes really difficult to manage these windows when they are in large numbers. This problem can be solved by creating a tab structure UI.

Code

https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/4692

Blog

https://sushantaa.hashnode.dev/

Time Table

Community bonding period

Finalizing the design by interacting with #team_ux.
Learn more about the codebase especially

  • Gtk::Notebook
  • Dialog Notebook
  • Desktop widget
  • Document

Coding Period

  • week 1 : Basic Tab Structure in Desktop Widgets
  • week 2 : Proper Alignment of pages and creation of multiple tabs
  • week 3 : Document Display in tabs, Proper Tab Structure with buttons
  • week 4 : Different documents for different Tabs
  • week 5 : State separation and persistence of document
  • week 6 : Open and new tab with a different template
  • week 7 : Save Document, Close Tab
  • week 8 : Dynamic event box in tabs
  • week 9 : Add user preferences and Hotkeys
  • week 10 : Proper Alignment of pages tab structure

Summary

Challenges Faced

Future Plans

Notes

Links