[FZ Editor] No way to create a custom grid layout

[Defman21]

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

There's no way to create a grid layout in the Custom tab. Editing the "Create new custom" opens the "custom layout" creator and I didn't find a way to open the "custom table layout" creator except for editing a template.

[bzoz]

As I understand correctly: you want to adjust the default gird layout in the editor, not start from scratch?

[Defman21]

I actually want to start from scratch, so I'd have one big layout that I'd split manually. There are some pre-defined ones in the Template tab, I just thought it would be reasonable to have a way to create grid layouts from the Custom tab (not by editing a template in the Templates tab).

[enricogior]

@Defman21
when you edit a predefined template, it will generate a new custom layout, so the predefined template will remain unchanged and available as a template.

[Defman21]

Yeah I understand that, it's just strange to have "create custom layout" in the Custom tab, but not "create custom grid layout".

[enricogior]

If we put "Create custom grid layout" in the Custom tab, what would you expect the UI to be?
When "Create custom grid layout" is chosen, we would have to show the list of predefined templates that we currently show in the Template tab, right? So it would require two more steps compared to the current UI.
If you have a better UI in mind, let us know, suggestions to improve the user experience are always welcomed!

[Defman21]

2 things that I would like to see:

1. Show a tip that editing a template would actually create a custom grid template.
2. Choosing "create custom grid layout" would create a basic area/rectangle/layout (gray area, I don't know the proper name of it) without splitters and you can then split it how you want. Not sure about how to deal with the initial splitter orientation (horizontal or vertical), but I have 2 suggestions there:
   a. Pick vertical orientation by default and change it near the left/right of the area
   b. Let the user rotate the splitter by holding Shift/Alt/Ctrl (again, it should be vertical by default imo)

[enricogior]

1. Show a tip that editing a template would actually create a custom grid template.

Will do it. Thanks for the suggestion.

For number 2, that would require a considerable amount of work (not just for the coding but for the testing as well). Let's keep this issue open and see if it's something more people ask for it.

[crutkas]

PR #8148 tweaks this and lets you

[enricogior]

Fixed by #9325

[enricogior]

Fixed in 0.31.1