Palettes and tools : collapse all / collapse to one level / collapse inactive

[pierre5018 (PIERRE LABRECHE)]

It would be convenient to have a way to collapse palettes:

1. All palettes collapsed to their top heading only;
2. All or selected palette showing only one level down with all tools collapsed.
3. Collapsing all unused/disabled tools

[mwsilvers (Mark - New Jersey, USA)]

Of course you can manually collapse pallets now, but its seems like what you want is a solo mode feature similar to the one in Lightroom and some other software. This feature is already on DXO’s development roadmap.

Mark

[Egregius ((Greg) - Windows 11)]

To support what Mark is saying, and for more info from DxO, I’d like to suggest reading the following feature request topics:

Option to "Auto collapse" the correction tools in the palettes

It would be nice and handy to have an option for auto-collapsing the adjusted correction tool once a new correction tool is activated (or selected). I am using a laptop and space is quite limited. It is a long scroll to navigate back and forth and not easy to find things when several tools and palettes are opened. Of course, I could collapse a tool by clicking on it but the less I have to click, the better !

Solo mode in PhotoLab

I have used DxO since OP9 (now I’m on PL2). What I find missing in the user interface is an equivalent of the solo mode of Lightroom (it can also be found in darktable and RawTherapee). It works this way: you click a given tool/module and all the other open tools are collapsed automatically, which saves you one click every time you want to change the tool. Shift-clicking another tool could allow to keep two or more tools open at the same time. It would probably work best if the solo mode could…

Solomodus Workflow

In Lightroom there is a modus called solomodus. For example: Click on Details expands the Details Toolset. Click on HSL expands HSL toolset and reduces Details. So you haven’t to scroll up and down within your Toolset. Solomodus for DXO please It’s only a little step for software developer but big step for my workflow:joy:

And for sharing layout ideas while we wait for a “solo mode” and related collapse functions:

Sharing PhotoLab Workspace layouts ... with potential to learn from others

I reckon it might be helpful to see how other users have arranged their PhotoLab Workspaces. To kick this off … here’s my custom-workspace (with test image). [DxO_Workspace] Click to enlarge. Note: “JCM” are simply my initials. Regards, John M

[John-M (Melbourne, Australia - Win10)]

Personally, I’m not convinced that a Solo-mode feature (that would collapse the current tool when a new tool is activated, and so on) would suit my way of working … I find I am now very effective and efficient using a customised palette layout that’s exactly suited to the tools and priorities of the workflow I have established over time.

Therefore, as always, I strongly advocate providing an option to switch such features ON/OFF, according to personal preference.

John M

[mwsilvers (Mark - New Jersey, USA)]

@John-M

Personally , I’m not convinced that a Solo-mode feature ( that would collapse the current tool when a new tool is activated, and so on ) would suit my way of working … I find I am now very effective and efficient using a customised palette layout that’s exactly suited to the tools and priorities of the workflow I have established over time.

Therefore, as always, I strongly advocate providing an option to switch such features ON/OFF , according to personal preference.

John M

You can have the best of both worlds. If solo mode is implemented correctly we will be able to choose which palettes are controlled by it and which will stay open until you manually close them. I may even divide some of my larger palettes into smaller logical ones to take advantage of the solo feature. I’m guessing that you don’t need to keep everything open all the time. It certainly will reduce clutter.

Mark

[John-M (Melbourne, Australia - Win10)]

@mwsilvers

You can have the best of both worlds. If solo mode is implemented correctly we will be able to choose which palettes are controlled by it and which will stay open until you manually close them.

Yes, that’s certainly my expectation too, Mark.

John