As a Roblox developer, I sometimes accidentally close a file when I do not want to do so.
The reason why I sometimes accidentally close a file is because there is a small ‘x’ inside of the viewport tab that I sometimes accidentally click on and then the current file closes. It’s the one highlighted in this picture.
The placement of this little ‘x’ is a bit awkward because I often switch between scripts and the world view by clicking on these tabs. And with just a small misclick I sometimes accidentally close my studio instance without meaning to. Especially in Team Create where studio saves changes automatically this will close the file without warning - which can be annoying when you have to reload a large file.
I know some developers who do use this button to close a file so I understand that outright removing the button might not be ideal, but I would like to see some improvement to be made at the least.
Perhaps it can be changed so that you have to right-click on it first before you can close it? Or maybe studio can always show a warning when clicking on this button, even when the place file has already been saved? I don’t think a small amount of added friction would matter much for an action you only take once per session, but I’d like to hear other people’s thoughts as well.
With the new docking, we are looking at making this close re-dock the Viewport if it’s floating. While we are there, I’ll ask the team to put in a confirmation dialog for a docked Viewport.
Right now if there’s unsaved changes, we do show a confirmation dialog. If the place has been saved, we immediately close.
What’s your particular issue? Is it accidental closing? I have slight concern that if we always show a confirmation dialog on close, it could be annoying for creators that just want to quickly jump out.
This is more of an issue with team create because there’s never a close confirmation dialogue. I like @PretzlNoob’s idea of having a setting for it, because trying to close several tabs at once is such a scary task.
