Lock Workspace
I think it would be useful to borrow the Lock Workspace feature from Photoshop for After Effects, esp with the wide use of so many scripts and CEP panels in many workflows. I accidentally pull off tabs or slide them around in my day-to-day use of AE, esp since I’m using a Wacom pen most of the time.
I’m sure there’s some wrinkles to consider, esp when switching Workspaces while locked - do you prompt with a pop-up or automatically switch it?
Ryan Summers
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Ian Davies
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So much this.
It's utterly absurd that hitting CMD-W (a first-principles, system-wide, application-independent shortcut for closing documents or windows) can instead close an arbitrary tab and ***** up your workspace.
It's moronic. Sorry, but it is. There is no legitimate justification for it.
The *only* context in which it makes sense is when closing comp tabs on the timeline or when there are multiple items in the footage or layer viewer.
Yes, I know if you've saved the workspace there's the operation to restore that layout, but that workaround just absolves the AE team of blame for what are daft design choices. What if you're in the middle of working out a new layout? What if you're just using a temporary layout for a particular job? What if you've got 10 tabs open on the timeline and you quickly hit cmd-W eleven times? (Because, you know, you can do that in other apps that adhere to sensible and well-established UI conventions without fear of trashing your workspace) Whoops, no timeline tab for you. The user shouldn't have to even think about stuff like this.
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Raad Alawi
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a workspace lock or tabs lock in preferences is a great idea...if not for all tabs then specifically for the toolbar as that's the one that usually gets dragged out while selecting tools on the fly.
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Nuno Caroco
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I would go even further on this idea, Ryan. Not only being able to lock the workspace but for example a preferences option, limiting the number of maximum comp-tabs you can have opened in the timeline panel. Nuke has this feature to avoid a crazy amount of uncessary node panels confusing the user while working. This in AE would prevent an user needing to scroll to X amount of open comps in the timeline, looking for the correct one, and having only a chosen max, of the recent ones.
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Jari Hakala
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You can set your own workspaces and rename them. If you mess things up, you can quickly reset the workspace to the last saved state by double click on the title tap. Hope this helps a bit?
