Bring existing Serial Plotter window to foreground when selected from IDE UI #1346
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topic: code
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type: enhancement
Proposed improvement
Describe the request
If a Serial Plotter window is already open, bring it to the foreground when it is selected by either of the following user actions:
🙂 The user actions will have an intuitive effect.
Describe the current behavior
When it is opened, the Arduino IDE Serial Plotter appears in a dedicated window. While using the Serial plotter, the user is likely to switch back to the main Arduino IDE or other windows to adjust code, do research, etc. The Serial Plotter window will then be in the background, frequently either completely obscured by other windows or minimized, meaning it is really only visible as an item in the operating system task bar. They may forget Serial Plotter is already open and attempt to open it again via the Arduino IDE GUI, or perhaps just expect the selection to be a convenient way to bring it into visibility.
🙂 The Serial Plotter window opens in the foreground.
😕 Nothing happens.
😕 Nothing happens.
🙁 The lack of any effect of the user's action might give them the impression that something is wrong with the IDE.
Arduino IDE version
2.0.0-rc9.2.snapshot-ca47e8a
Operating system
Windows, Linux
Operating system version
Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04
Additional context
The Arduino IDE 1.x Serial Plotter and Serial Monitor windows are brought to the foreground on selection via the GUI if they are already open:
Originally suggested at https://forum.arduino.cc/t/rc9-2-serial-monitor-send-button/1024938
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