eclipse-theia/theia

Better visual feedback for panels

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#6,605 opened on Nov 22, 2019

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Description

Description

When Theia works on slow internet connections, it some times hard to understand that Theai performs some background work(fetch files from server, communicate with plugins, etc.) when panels open(like file tree). Now we have some issues like: #5959 or #6195

I propose to have progress indicator similar to git/scm for all panels (I think we can do it on shell level), and make sure that plug-in API implemented correctly, so plug-in's can use it to have same ux/ui as in VSCode

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Research direction
Examine the git/scm progress indicator implementation and the shell panel model. Understand how the plugin API handles progress. Design and implement a similar progress indicator for all panels, ensuring consistency with VSCode's UX.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontendtooling
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Mostly clear
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50