Plugin dialog requests

[ppwadhwa]

🚀 Feature

While working on napari/napari#5198, there were a few requests that were outside of the scope of the PR or were "nice to have" items. I wanted to document them here so they are not lost.

1. Align plugin name and summary in the installed plugins section.
2. Use display name instead of package name. See Use display name on plugins that provide it #32
3. Fix install spinner and move plugins to available/installed list when uninstalled/installed. see: Update plugin dialog design & functionality to add conda install napari#5198 (review)
4. refactor code, one example is cleaning up the code that toggles which widgets are visible or not:
   Update plugin dialog design & functionality to add conda install napari#5198 (comment)

The following Originally posted by @DragaDoncila in napari/napari#5198 (review)

• Align installation info, Make a standard size? ( I know this button adjusts by the sizes on the drop down menus held within. Eliding may help here (see item below).

• Ensure author names are aligned. (maybe misaligned only with many authors and in the presence of an update button?)

• Ensure very long descriptions and author lists are not cut off.

• Elide version numbers when long.
  When users have a plugin dev version installed the Installation info button & section is very long. We probably want to elide this

• Set height of each item.

        if item.widget.install_info_button.isExpanded():
            item.widget.setFixedHeight(int(height * SCALE))
        else:
            item.widget.setFixedHeight(int(height / SCALE))
        item.setSizeHint(item.widget.size())

see napari/napari#5198 (comment)

• set size of widget in settings. see: Update plugin dialog design & functionality to add conda install napari#5198 (comment)
• Add error icon and handle pip install errors #79
• do not refresh plugin lists after install/uninstall operation. Just remove/add item after action is finished. #29. See Update lists without refreshing and other fixes #45

[hiroalchem]

One request I would like to add.

• The developer defines the channels (other than conda-forge ) proposed for the plugin, and the GUI allows the user to activate those channels with a single click when they install it.

This is very useful for plugins that rely on very important but released libraries in their own channel, such as pytorch, for example.

[jaimergp]

Let's resume the work here @goanpeca.

[goanpeca]

@hiroalchem question, is your request gear towards the lineedit in the bottom of the dialog where you can type any package or drag and drop a tarball from the filesystem?

Do you mean to add extra channel besides conda-forge, is the case for plugins in the napari plugin ecosystem that they need extra channels besides conda forge?

Thanks!

[jaimergp]

I'll close this issue since most tasks have been addressed. The remaining ones have been converted to issues, namely:

• Allow customization of conda channels in use #78
• Add error icon and handle pip install errors #79
• Missing installed plugin item state change (from pending update to up to date when triggering update) #80