Dashboard UI

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A replacement for the tablet and QML desktop UIs, done in userland JS without needing special C++ support.

Press Escape or the left secondary button to open the dashboard, or hold them down to open the legacy toolbar/tablet.

Windows can be dragged across the window rail, or pinned so they won't stick to the rail and won't be hidden when the dashboard is closed.

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New Notification UI

On the bottom of the screen on desktop, and floats to follow the users's view in VR. Supports having an icon and an image, but only screenshot notifications currently use this functionality. An API to expose these to other scripts will be added in a later PR.

The blue line on top goes from right to left to show how long the notification bubble will be visible for.

New Script Log

Available in Dev Tools, visible when the "show developer tools" setting is enabled.

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TODO

• Opening and closing windows
• Grabbing and moving windows
• Bumping windows aside/finding a place to open new windows so they don't overlap
• Dash window IPC, a la OverlayWindow
  (required for contacts app to work, QML's builtin XMLHttpRequest doesn't have the baked-in authentication header that interface scripts send to the directory server, the chat app also needs IPC to work)
• App bar IPC, a la TabletProxy
• Docs for the IPC module
• Fallback for legacy tablet apps Not planned, would require scripts to be modified anyway and the old tablet will still be accessible for apps that require it, though no guarantees of it staying maintained
• Theme/contrast/motion settings
• The four major system apps working (avatars, contacts, places, chat)
• Create app access (for now will just open the legacy tablet and the existing native desktop windows)
• Access to the running scripts and asset server dialogs
• Daily-driveable

TODOs for follow-up PRs

• Use stock utilMath instead of vendored copy (waiting on utilMath JS module #1980)
• 2D desktop mode that uses native windows
• Stylus/finger touch support, grabbing the windows with your hands
• Constraints on the windows so they stick to the rail when grabbed (might be hard)
• Standalone tool/widget/applet windows that don't stick to the rail and can be attached to your controllers
• Real create app integration (might not be possible until a create app rewrite is done)
• Get window dragging actually working in VR (it's not usable yet because of unrelated bugs in the QML mouse input code and VR laser scripts)