Simple UI xplr like ranger

[ghost]

First Thanks for develop
Please make default UI simple like python/ranger and for TUI it's use config or something like xplr -s --simple as simple ui
simple ui -> xplr without selection,help section and maybe remove borders!
at the end, sorry for my bad English :)

[sayanarijit]

Hey, thanks for your feedback. I'll see how I can provide more UI options without losing its strong points.

[aecepoglu]

Being able to close panels from the config should be an easy start and something I'd like to be able to do

[sayanarijit]

I thought about this and came up with this idea:

• We should be able to define the xplr UI layout via the config file.
• A layout can contain either a Vertical split, or a Horizontal split, or a leaf node.
• Each (Vertical and Horizontal) split can have their own nested layouts.
• The leaf nodes will be the panels e.g. Table, SortNFilter, InputOrLog, Selection etc.
• Each layout size can be adjusted via config.

[aflyingpumpkin]

Another feature that could be added is different UI modes. Which would allow the creation of modes for preview (if and when it is implemented) , Simple UI, and for the normal UI.

[sayanarijit]

So just like we have mode:, we can have

layout:
  builtin:
    default:
    ...
  custom:
    custom_layout1:
    ...

Then we can switch between layouts with SwitchLayout: default, SwitchLayout: custom_layout1.

@maximbaz any feedback?

Speaking of modes, I'm also thinking about introducing 2 new messages SwitchModeBuiltin: {mode} and SwitchModeCustom: {mode} so that we can be more specific about which mode to switch to. The same can be done for the layout.

[maximbaz]

This sounds very powerful! I like the idea with file preview, I also wonder if people from the mc will appreciate this to make a dual-panel file manager, if this will be allowed :)

[sayanarijit]

I don't think we can use the layout feature to manage multiple xplr sessions. It will complicate things. Bit yes, when we implement cli options, it will be helpful to be able to spawn new xplr sessions with hidden selection and help menu panels.

[sayanarijit]

^ Finally, PR ready for review.