We have a "Bin Map" and a "Sequence Map", now what I'd like is a "UI Map".

Why? Because there are just too many important tools with important names that are shown in a small-font either 90 degrees sideways, or shortened with ellipses (...) as well only viewable by mousing over to a spindown, and then once made visible, are too difficult to read due to font size, or are not in any particular order; or the active indicator is too small.

A "UI Map", for starters, could display-- in a user-definable font size-- the Names of Bins as they reside in particular named Bin Containers...and indicate generally where on the entire UI they are found; it could list/show which Bins are tabbed (perhaps in the same left-right order that they are currently positioned); the "UI Map" could show which Bins are Floating and as a subset-- which Bins are Floating-but-minimized and available at the Windows taskbar, (plus any Mac equivalent);

I want to press one button and see a "UI Map" overlay with large, Click-able text, (like hyperlinks) that can disappear right after a choice is made. (through Settings) or brought back just where i left off.

Perhaps take it a step further, include ALL tools and their Names in a creative graphical display showing which tools are docked or tabbed and to where on the screen(s). permit Tabbing FWD or REV;  A "UI Map" could be a virtual shortcut to anything on the UI that has a Name, which may or may not have been obscured behind a floating bin or tool. Navigate all items shown by keyboard or mouse.

Make it fun, not just another box to dock. More like a Site Map overlay, but larger and most of all-- easier to read and click-able, tab-able. Maybe even use COLOR to indicate Active tools, Bins.

Perhaps show "Recently Closed" bins; perhaps show and offer links to containing Folders if used. 
Please consider in 2022!

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I want to press one button and see a "UI Map" overlay with large, Click-able text, (like hyperlinks) that can be disappear right after a choice is made. (through Settings) or brought back just where i left off.

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Make it fun, not just another box to dock. More like a Site Map overlay, but larger and most of all-- easier to read and click-able, tab-able. Maybe even use COLOR to indicate Active tools, Bins.

Hi,

This sounds like an interesting one -- and definitely like something you've been thinking about quite a bit. (And kind of a fun one too.) I'll definitely log it as a feature request. Actually I'll probably log it as a few feature requests (the "sum of its parts" philosophy). This way, when the team gets it from me, they can fully understand the concept and brainstorm it.

While I do so, would you mind a couple of questions?

- What kind of computer are you currently using?

- How many monitors do you typically use?

- Do you ever hop back and forth between a single-monitor computer and a dual-monitor one?

- Are you usually in a fully "paneled" UI setup, fully "floating" UI setup, or a hybrid of the two?

(These will help me as I write up the feature request. The more detail they get, the better.)

Thanks, as always, for thinking so much about workflows and how we can improve them. 

Hi Chris, Thanks for your interest and thanks for injecting your brand of positive energy into our favorite editing community. Best wishes to you and the team, all around.

I will reply to those above questions, later via email, if that’s OK.

-T

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...later via email, if that’s OK.

-T

Yep - totally! Hit me anytime.