Allow configuring app settings without opening a bot project

[bartbilliet]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The Settings > App Settings menu, which contains general Composer settings (e.g. editor preferences, nightly build updates, ..) is only available when a bot project is loaded. If no project is loaded, the cog is grayed out. A minor enhancement would be to make this Settings menu also available when no bot project is currently loaded, as there is no dependency on the bot logic.

Describe the solution you'd like

• Make the Settings cog icon available also when no bot is loaded, but only show the App Settings.
• When a bot is loaded, also show the Bot Settings and Runtime Config tabs.

[cwhitten]

@bartbilliet this is known and tracked with the UX Design team. In an upcoming sprint we will be addressing this.

[mareekuh]

as part of this, could we move the settings gear icon to the bottom of the left menu pane, per Fluent guidelines? And maybe include 'about' in here also.

[cwhitten]

Proposal:

1. Move Info page into Settings page
2. Remove/replace Info icon/location with Settings cog (move to bottom left)
3. Settings cog is always enabled and interactable
4. Bot settings & Runtime config in subnav of Settings page are disabled if no bot is currently loaded.

[bartbilliet]

Proposal looks good to me 👍

[hatpick]

@mareekuh in what order the list should appear under the settings:
Here are the items: Bot settings, App settings, Runtime config and About. (this is the current order)
Given that the App settings and About are enabled all the time and app settings will be pre-selected when one navigates to settings by clicking gear icon.

[mareekuh]

Response to Chris' proposal:

1. Move Info page into Settings page - MI Agreed (info = 'About'? -> Add 'About' nav item in Settings for this info.
2. Remove/replace Info icon/location with Settings cog (move to bottom left) - MI Agreed.
3. Settings cog is always enabled and interactable - MI Agreed.
4. Bot settings & Runtime config in subnav of Settings page are disabled if no bot is currently loaded. - MI Can we make 'runtime' part of bot settings?

in terms of the order

• Bot Settings (includes
• • general (includes name icon etc)
• • run time
• App settings
• About

[hatpick]

@mareekuh I did not understand the last part regarding the ordering, would you please elaborate?

[mareekuh]

1. Bot Settings

• General
• Run time

2. App settings
3. About

https://www.figma.com/file/LlTlh5vXwq91zjGnFtrUUR6l/Composer-master-design-spec-UI-library?node-id=2812%3A357