Wish: Smart auto-hide for the Properties panel

Here I propose two alternative ways to show and hide the Properties panel in two different ways. This also includes two different time periods to auto-hide the panel that the user could adjust individually.


Also, i find the auto-hide function quite disturbing in its current state. I captured a short video to better explain the issue. Notice that there is an unwanted blinking and lag while trying to navigate the icons on the right side (Properties, Layers, Display etc). I think that after showing the panel on the right side, Rhino must wait considerably more time while trying to navigate between those icons. One solution is to add an active area whose width in pixels could be adjustable from the Rhino settings. Once the panel is opened, the active area will expand to the left side of the former (just like I showed in my example in post #12).


Another disturbing thing in Rhino 8 is that clicking on the Properties icon or Layers icon on the main toolbar at the top of the screen will no longer open their corresponding panels on the right sidebar! This is a real inconvenience.