[devtools] Added minimum indent size to Component Tree #33517
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Full list of changes: * devtools: emit performance entries only when profiling ([hoxyq](https://github.com/hoxyq) in [#33652](#33652)) * Get Server Component Function Location for Parent Stacks using Child's Owner Stack ([sebmarkbage](https://github.com/sebmarkbage) in [#33629](#33629)) * Added minimum indent size to Component Tree ([jsdf](https://github.com/jsdf) in [#33517](#33517)) * [devtools-shell] layout options for testing ([jsdf](https://github.com/jsdf) in [#33516](#33516)) * Remove feature flag enableRenderableContext ([kassens](https://github.com/kassens) in [#33505](#33505)) * refactor[devtools]: update css for settings and support css variables in shadow dom scnenario ([hoxyq](https://github.com/hoxyq) in [#33487](#33487)) * [mcp] Add MCP tool to print out the component tree of the currently open React App ([jorge-cab](https://github.com/jorge-cab) in [#33305](#33305)) * [scripts] Switch back to flow parser for prettier ([rickhanlonii](https://github.com/rickhanlonii) in [#33414](#33414)) * upgrade json5 ([rickhanlonii](https://github.com/rickhanlonii) in [#33358](#33358)) * Get source location from structured callsites in prepareStackTrace ([sebmarkbage](https://github.com/sebmarkbage) in [#33143](#33143)) * Clean up enableSiblingPrerendering flag ([jackpope](https://github.com/jackpope) in [#32319](#32319))
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## Summary Follow-up to #33517. With #33517, we now preserve at least some minimal indent. This actually doesn't work with the current setup, because we don't allow the container to overflow, so basically deeply nested elements will go off the screen. With these changes, we completely change the approach: - The layout will be static and it will have a constant indentation that will always be preserved. - The container will allow overflows, so users will be able to scroll horizontally and vertically. - We will implement automatic horizontal and vertical scrolls, if selected element is not in a viewport. - New: added vertical delimiter that can be used for simpler visual navigation. ## Demo ### Current public release https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/58645d42-c6b8-408b-b76f-95fb272f2e1e ### With #33517 https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/845285c8-5a01-4739-bcd7-ffc089e771bf ### This PR https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/72086b84-8d84-4626-94b3-e22e114e028e
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Summary
The devtools Components tab's component tree view currently has a behavior where the indentation of each level of the tree scales based on the available width of the view. If the view is narrow or component names are long, all indentation showing the hierarchy of the tree scales down with the view width until there is no indentation at all. This makes it impossible to see the nesting of the tree, making the tree view much less useful. With long component names and deep hierarchies this issue is particularly egregious. For comparison, the Chrome Dev Tools Elements panel uses a fixed indentation size, so it doesn't suffer from this issue.
This PR adds a minimum pixel value for the indentation width, so that even when the window is narrow some indentation will still be visible, maintaining the visual representation of the component tree hierarchy.
Alternatively, we could match the behavior of the Chrome Dev Tools and just use a constant indentation width.
How did you test this change?
before this change:
minindent.before.mov
with a long component name:
minindent2-before.mov
after this change:
minindent.after.mov
with a long component name:
minindent2-after.mov