User testing session notes

[itsdouges]

With a focus on resolving any blockers.

With Kenny

• port already in use When running two or more instances of Triplex you get a websocket port in use error #175
• leva types not found (fixed by upgrading Triplex version)
• component with any props throws JSX elements that resolve to any throw when viewing them in the scene panel #188
• define global variables in Vite HELLO_WORLD Define config to replace variables #177
• webgl shared array buffers support Support SharedArrayBuffers in maker land code #186
• need to set canvas props Canvas should be able to have some of its attributes changed on a per project basis #187
• components defined from React.FC don't paths resolved as expected React.FC declared don't have their paths resolved correctly resulting in their children not being shown in the scene panel #178
• adding elements to component that doesn't have a top level group or fragment throws Adding a new element to a component that doesn't have a top level fragment fails #130
• bring out default values from jsdoc/code into form elements #default Prop default values should be respected by Triplex #176
• canvas being rendered inside other canvas throws When opening components that have a canvas component the scene (expectedly) throws an error #111
• if the provider component is invalid an error is not shown in triplex Providers with invalid code don't show a helpful error message in the editor #183
• update provider guide to be exhaustive end-to-end Update documentation to resolve some friction points #191
• User land controls are unexpectedly controlling user land cameras #114
• updating config should live update triplex editor (e.g. adding a provider!) Updating Triplex config should flush into the editor without needing to restart #181
• Children that are conditional aren't shown as nested children JSX as non-children props (e.g inject) are shown as top level scene objects instead of nested #34
• saving a file in vscode for an edited by not yet persisted component gets triplex into a weird invalid state Saving an un-persisted / edited file outside of Triplex results in an invalid state #180

Nice to have

• loading indicator for when a scene is loading would be good Missing loading indicator when a scene is loading via Suspense #182
• jumping to element should fit said element in the camera instead of being hardcoded Jump to scene object / opening a component should fit the mesh bounding box in the viewport  #184
• forcibly export components so they can be opened by triplex Modules should have all components forcibly exported so they can be edited #179
• required props should be needed to be set when opening Handle opening components that have required props that are missing during load and present options to set them #33
• helper message saying nothing was rendered to the scene If nothing was rendered to the scene there should be some UI indicator #185

[itsdouges]

Anderson

Blockers

• user land controls affecting transform controls User land controls are unexpectedly controlling user land cameras #114
• When a project doesn't have a triplex config it throws
• Runs into canvas / html element being opened inside another canvas problem
• Guide for project is using tsx not jsx in the example
• js example should tell how to get better analysis from triplex
• update leva controls guide to say Triplex + Leva can work together / default props in examples
• add step to prop tags
• getTypeNode is not a function (reading the bloom element component, react three post processing, boom + vignette)
• Tsconfig issue (didn't have allowJs)

Nice to have

• running into HTML errors trying to render
• Auto upgrading didn't work
• active tab didn't appear as selected
• loading triplex as an error and then switching doesn't clear the error so the scene doesn't render

[itsdouges]

Maxime

• Chicken camera scene enter camera didn't work
• Enter camera / exit starts to affect tranfsorm controls

[itsdouges]

Kenny (2)

• Triplex camera not being properly set as default Triplex camera does not have "makeDefault" set resulting in unexpected behaviour when scenes rely on it #197
• Scene objects being wrapped in groups breaking post processing Objects that are rendered to the scene are wrapped in groups to power scene lookups resulting in unexpected behaviour at times #72

[itsdouges]

From Wawa

• Provider guide says config.tsx instead of config.json
• Initialising javascript projects doesn’t set JSX
• Undo/redo should be global not local to the file else it’s too confusing
• Initialising project doesn’t detect what package manager to use
• Recent files would be great
• Tsconfig that is generated doesn’t include the .triplex config folder so you get type errors
• Close project -> open project flow doesn’t work on macOS
• Double clicking Experience element in App.jsx didn’t navigate to the component
• Entering shadow camera would be useful (!)
• Number input modifiers + tags should be respected by the transform controls
• Children of some elements that are nested don’t look like children
• Setting rotation vector3 need to change all values to have it actually start changing values
• Entering user land camera can get stuck and look like you’re not in it without adding