IM2017 - App panel: hierachical structure wanted.

[ubacher]

As the number of apps one has grows, the need grows to structure the app panel in a hierarchical manner.
The way the scripts are structured in IM5 suited me fine and would be my choice.

[Mario]

I have no plans to change the App Manager.
The app.json format has no element which allows 'grouping' of apps or creating some sort of hierarchical structure.
I dropped that incidentally to reduce unneeded complexity.

But I ship the source code of the App Manager with IMatch so feel free to fork it and enhance it in any way you see fit.

The App Manager exists so it looks good in screen shots and to allow users to easily open apps in Windows Explorer or a web browser.
And to allow users to re-arrange apps, to bring their favorite apps to the top.

It also serves as a nice study example for users who want to learn more, e.g. about how to use jQuery UI to implement 'drag-able' lists. And as a test bed for app-related endpoints.

It is not really needed, though.
Apps are selected much more effectively via the drop-down list in App Panels. Or launched via Favorites and keyboard shortcuts.
I always keep it closed after moving all apps into the order in which I want to see them.

[ubacher]

Apps are selected much more effectively via the drop-down list in App Panels.

The user generated apps are not on the dropdown panel.

The sample apps, while convenient during development, will be in the way in the long run.
We can of course delete them but they will return with each update.

I already had a look at the App manager but this is not for a beginner to fool around with!

An aside: Keyboard shortcuts: would be nice (and logical) if the app icons were also used in the favorites panel.
You can assign keyboard shortcuts to Favorites and hence also to App Favorites.

[Mario]

The user generated apps are not on the dropdown panel.

Of course they are.
With the exception of modal apps of course. These cannot run in an App Panel and hence are not in the list.

If you move your favorite apps to the top, I don't see why the sample apps can get in the way.

Maybe some sort of "Hide this App" feature?

Favorites cannot use arbitrary icons, sorry. This would be a substantial extension and at least requires a separate feature request.

[Carlo Didier]

+1 for the original request. Would be much more convenient and clean.

[Mario]

See https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=6806