rework board config UI to make it scale up better

Author: Alberto Iannaccone

arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/arduino-ide-frontend-module.ts

@@ -453,7 +453,10 @@ export default new ContainerModule((bind, unbind, isBound, rebind) => {
   bind(BoardsConfigDialogWidget).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
   bind(BoardsConfigDialog).toSelf().inSingletonScope();
   bind(BoardsConfigDialogProps).toConstantValue({
-    title: nls.localize('arduino/common/selectBoard', 'Select Board'),
+    title: nls.localize(
+      'arduino/board/openBoardsConfig',
+      'Select other board and port'
+    ),
   });
 
   // Core service

arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-config-dialog.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import { injectable, inject, postConstruct } from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
+import {
+  injectable,
+  inject,
+  postConstruct,
+} from '@theia/core/shared/inversify';
 import { Message } from '@theia/core/shared/@phosphor/messaging';
 import { DialogProps, Widget, DialogError } from '@theia/core/lib/browser';
 import { AbstractDialog } from '../theia/dialogs/dialogs';
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ export class BoardsConfigDialog extends AbstractDialog<BoardsConfig.Config> {
     @inject(BoardsConfigDialogProps)
     protected override readonly props: BoardsConfigDialogProps
   ) {
-    super(props);
+    super({ ...props, maxWidth: 500 });
 
     this.contentNode.classList.add('select-board-dialog');
     this.contentNode.appendChild(this.createDescription());
@@ -65,14 +69,6 @@ export class BoardsConfigDialog extends AbstractDialog<BoardsConfig.Config> {
     const head = document.createElement('div');
     head.classList.add('head');
 
-    const title = document.createElement('div');
-    title.textContent = nls.localize(
-      'arduino/board/configDialogTitle',
-      'Select Other Board & Port'
-    );
-    title.classList.add('title');
-    head.appendChild(title);
-
     const text = document.createElement('div');
     text.classList.add('text');
     head.appendChild(text);

arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-config.tsx

@@ -258,14 +258,14 @@ export class BoardsConfig extends React.Component<
 
   override render(): React.ReactNode {
     return (
-      <div className="body">
+      <>
         {this.renderContainer('boards', this.renderBoards.bind(this))}
         {this.renderContainer(
           'ports',
           this.renderPorts.bind(this),
           this.renderPortsFooter.bind(this)
         )}
-      </div>
+      </>
     );
   }
 

arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/boards/boards-toolbar-item.tsx

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class BoardsDropDown extends React.Component<BoardsDropDown.Props> {
     }
     const footerLabel = nls.localize(
       'arduino/board/openBoardsConfig',
-      'Select other board and port…'
+      'Select other board and port'
     );
     return (
       <div
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export class BoardsDropDown extends React.Component<BoardsDropDown.Props> {
           className="arduino-boards-dropdown-item arduino-board-dropdown-footer"
           onClick={() => this.props.openBoardsConfig()}
         >
-          <div>{footerLabel}</div>
+          <div>{footerLabel}...</div>
         </div>
       </div>
     );

arduino-ide-extension/src/browser/style/boards-config-dialog.css

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ div#select-board-dialog {
   margin: 5px;
 }
 
-div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body {
+div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer {
   display: flex;
+  gap: 10px;
   overflow: hidden;
+  max-height: 100%;
 }
 
 .select-board-dialog .head {
@@ -19,12 +21,13 @@ div.dialogContent.select-board-dialog > div.head .title {
   margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
-div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected {
+
+div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item.selected {
   background: var(--theia-secondaryButton-hoverBackground);
 }
 
-div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected i {
-  color: var(--theia-list-activeSelectionIconForeground);
+div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item.selected i {
+  color: var(--theia-arduino-branding-primary);
 }
 
 #select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .search,
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected i {
   background: var(--theia-editor-background);
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .search input {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .search input {
   border: none;
   width: 100%;
   height: auto;
@@ -46,58 +49,63 @@ div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected i {
   color: var(--theia-input-foreground);
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .search input:focus {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .search input:focus {
   box-shadow: none;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .container {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .container {
   flex: 1;
-  padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
-  min-width: 240px;
-  max-width: 240px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  max-height: 100%;
+}
+
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .container .content {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  max-height: 100%;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .left.container .content {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .left.container .content {
   margin: 0 5px 0 0;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .right.container .content {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .right.container .content {
   margin: 0 0 0 5px;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .container .content .title {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .container .content .title {
   color: var(--theia-editorWidget-foreground);
   padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
   text-transform: uppercase;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .container .content .footer {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .container .content .footer {
   padding: 10px 5px 10px 0px;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .container .content .loading {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .container .content .loading {
   font-size: var(--theia-ui-font-size1);
   color: var(--theia-editorWidget-foreground);
   padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  /* The max, min-height comes from `.body .list` 200px + 47px top padding - 2 * 10px top padding */
+  /* The max, min-height comes from `.list` 200px + 47px top padding - 2 * 10px top padding */
   max-height: 227px;
   min-height: 227px;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item {
   padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px;
   display: flex;
-  justify-content: end;
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow-x: hidden;
+  flex: 1 0;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item .selected-icon {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item .selected-icon {
   margin-left: auto;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item .details {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item .details {
   font-size: var(--theia-ui-font-size1);
   opacity: var(--theia-mod-disabled-opacity);
   width: 155px; /* used heuristics for the calculation */
@@ -106,43 +114,36 @@ div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected i {
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.missing {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item.missing {
   opacity: var(--theia-mod-disabled-opacity);
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item:hover {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item:hover {
   background: var(--theia-secondaryButton-hoverBackground);
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .label {
-  max-width: 215px;
-  width: 215px;
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .label {
   white-space: pre;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list {
   max-height: 200px;
-  min-height: 200px;
   overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .ports.list {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .ports.list {
   margin: 47px 0px 0px 0px; /* 47 is 37 as input height for the `Boards`, plus 10 margin bottom. */
 }
 
-#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .search {
+#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .search {
   margin-bottom: 10px;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   padding-right: 5px;
 }
 
-.p-Widget.dialogOverlay .dialogContent.select-board-dialog {
-  width: 500px;
-}
-
 .arduino-boards-toolbar-item-container {
   align-items: center;
   background: var(--theia-arduino-toolbar-dropdown-background);
@@ -264,10 +265,20 @@ div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected i {
 
 /* High Contrast Theme rules */
 /* TODO: Remove it when the Theia version is upgraded to 1.27.0 and use Theia APIs to implement it*/
-.hc-black.hc-theia.theia-hc #select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item:hover {
+.hc-black.hc-theia.theia-hc #select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item:hover {
   outline: 1px dashed var(--theia-focusBorder);
 }
 
-.hc-black.hc-theia.theia-hc div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .body .list .item.selected {
+.hc-black.hc-theia.theia-hc div#select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .list .item.selected {
   outline: 1px solid var(--theia-focusBorder);
 }
+
+@media only screen and (max-height: 400px) {
+  div.dialogContent.select-board-dialog > div.head {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  #select-board-dialog .selectBoardContainer .container .content .title {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}

i18n/en.json

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       "boardInfo": "Board Info",
       "configDialog1": "Select both a Board and a Port if you want to upload a sketch.",
       "configDialog2": "If you only select a Board you will be able to compile, but not to upload your sketch.",
-      "configDialogTitle": "Select Other Board & Port",
       "couldNotFindPreviouslySelected": "Could not find previously selected board '{0}' in installed platform '{1}'. Please manually reselect the board you want to use. Do you want to reselect it now?",
       "disconnected": "Disconnected",
       "getBoardInfo": "Get Board Info",
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
       "noFQBN": "The FQBN is not available for the selected board \"{0}\". Do you have the corresponding core installed?",
       "noPortsSelected": "No ports selected for board: '{0}'.",
       "noneSelected": "No boards selected.",
-      "openBoardsConfig": "Select other board and port…",
+      "openBoardsConfig": "Select other board and port",
       "platformMissing": "The platform for the selected '{0}' board is not installed.",
       "pleasePickBoard": "Please pick a board connected to the port you have selected.",
       "port": "Port{0}",
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@
       "offlineIndicator": "You appear to be offline. Without an Internet connection, the Arduino CLI might not be able to download the required resources and could cause malfunction. Please connect to the Internet and restart the application.",
       "oldFormat": "The '{0}' still uses the old `.pde` format. Do you want to switch to the new `.ino` extension?",
       "processing": "Processing",
-      "selectBoard": "Select Board",
       "selectedOn": "on {0}",
       "serialMonitor": "Serial Monitor",
       "unknown": "Unknown"