Feature Request to put review tools in a collapsible panel

[ronin3]

I recently spectated a game and wanted to enjoy a little bit of kibitz. Maybe my screen is small, but the analysis buttons, move tree, and move comments, all one below the other, make the gamechat part a bit difficult to reach and is outright out of view, unless one methodically uses all the resizable sliders.

Would it be possible to make them collapsible with something like a HTML accordion element (which has a functionality of click-to-show and click-to-hide)?

I tried Zen mode, but alas, it still shows the game tree, maybe for the more casual spectator it can be preferable to only show the board and the chat. Thank you!

Edit: adding a picture for reference

[Groin]

With similar idea the names boxes could become hidden, that’s not something so useful when reviewing. That takes quite a big part of that right space.

I agree that the separation between the tree and the chat could be better if movable as both may vary in size and importance.

[benjito]

Somewhat related solution has been proposed a couple times: move chat and analysis to separate sides of the board.

Suggestion: tree on the left

A suggestion: During games. and in particular review/demo games the right side of the board is completel clogged with chat, the tree, comments on variations etc. but the right side is hardly used. What about auto-hiding the normal options bar on the left (maybe add little arrows to the collapse and uncollapse button for clarity) and replace that space with a vertical tree. This will free up a lot of space I think

Collapsible sections sound good to me too, but i also wonder how often people are entering analysis mode, but don’t want the analysis toolbox

[ronin3]

@benjito

how often people are entering analysis mode, but don’t want the analysis toolbox

I did not enter analysis mode! I just joined a game relay from the evented notifications! (in this particular case, from the Vienna tournament)

For that type of “scribed games”, there are no variations unless a mistake is spotted so the game tree has to be rolled back and re-transcribed with the correct stone.

[SoumyaK4]

Recently while trying to make a script to remove clutter from the board pages(/game, /review, /demo) I saw there’s 3 columns in pc.
left-col(that is empty, simply empty nothing inside)
Then the goban and action bar in center-col
And all info and dock in right-col.

I still haven’t figured out how to move a specefic section to a different column though.
If you know of any reference code please let me know.

And if I figure out something I’ll share.

Here’s the script I was talking about, though it is not very refined, but currently it gives me the full height of the screen for the goban.

[ronin3]

Meanwhile I decided I could not wait. I also wrote a script to do exactly that. If you want to use it, save it as a bookmarklet, and when on a OGS review page, if you click it, it will toggle the Play Controls area on or off (click again to undo).

javascript:(function(){ var a = document.getElementsByClassName('PlayControls')[0]; if( a.style.display == 'none' ) {a.style.display = ''; } else { a.style.display = 'none' }})();

[SoumyaK4]

Added your script in mine :3

[shinuito]

@benjito

Collapsible sections sound good to me too, but i also wonder how often people are entering analysis mode, but don’t want the analysis toolbox

I think reviews and demo boards are like permanent analysis board, as opposed where it’s a separate thing while you’re the one playing, in live when it’s allowed or in correspondence.

It’s just a case of whether the average person is planning to play any variations themselves while watching another review/demo.

Probably if you hide the analysis tools and tree, but still allow people to play their own variations, it’s probably useful not to hide the sync button, just to be able to quickly jump back to the live position.