Options panel disappears when double-clicking Auto Target FPS
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When I was tweaking the general options, suddenly the options panel disappeared:
To reproduce the issue, toggle the Auto Target FPS checkbox quickly. If you click it slowly, then there are no problems, but if you double-click it, then the options panel disappears:
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Restarting the app doesn't help. Removing the MSFS2020_AutoFPS.config file helps.
I've attached examples of bad and good config files. When the app is started with the bad config file, the options panel is not visible.
MSFS_AutoFPS config example.zip
I'm using Windows 10. 4K resolution with 200% scaling. (The window seems too narrow, because the right edge of the group boxes is clipped.)
It's because one of your fast clicks registered as a double click and the UI collapsed as it is supposed to. To restore it, double click anywhere on the main window area. In short, click slower unless you actually want to collapse the UI. This is in the readme BTW.
Re window scaling, I use 250% and it is fine but I am on the latest test version which changed the way the window is drawn so you might want to check it out from here https://github.com/ResetXPDR/MSFS_AutoFPS/releases/tag/v0.4.4.2-test
BTW, I collapse the expert settings window down like shown once I have made my settings as I don't need to see what they are.
A visible control (e.g. a button, checkbox or menu item) for hiding the options would have better affordance than double-clicking. Then you could also remove the instructions from readme, because it would be obvious how to use the feature.
Recommended reading: The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman.
Fair point, however I had a higher design goal to keep the non-expert UI as uncluttered as possible, so the double click won out. It has been this way for many months and you are the first user out of tens of thousands to have an issue with it, so I don't plan on changing it. At least you know what it is now.
@luontola After another query on this behaviour recently, I have decided to try and fix it by excluding all controls from responding to this UI collapse/restore double click event. There is a test version of it here if you want to try it now, otherwise it will appear in the next formal release. Thanks for keeping me on my toes!