Fow what it’s worth, here is a C# script that you can activate to reduce those panels after switching back to short names mode. I don’t think it’s that useful but at least I learnt some things in the Grasshopper API. My attempts at triggering it automatically on a canvas redraw have resulted in two computer crashes so I’ll stick with the button click for now !
It only affects panels without a Nickname and that are in Multiline Data mode, so presumably panels with a single line of text.
RedrawPanels.gh (5.3 KB)
I was part of that discussion, I really think you should give Sunglasses a second try 
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