Update the documentation for the show_labs_settings parameter

[dhenneke]

The parameter is actually called show_labs_settings but the documentation claims it is showLabsSettings.

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[Fox32]

Btw, this also affects the element-web repository: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/search?q=showLabsSettings

But we aren't sure if it should really be disabled in the normal app.

[turt2live]

Thanks! Due to #8062 it shouldn't matter too much, but definitely good to use the correct one in documentation.

I believe all the usages in element-web and desktop are within build config files - we should probably update them too, but that's significantly lower priority than documentation imo.

[dhenneke]

Thanks! Due to #8062 it shouldn't matter too much, but definitely good to use the correct one in documentation.

So you mean it should actually work if someone puts the value into the config? If yes, then that doesn't work in our installation because the labs section is still displayed with showLabsSettings: false.

I'm not sure how it should be on https://app.element.io. Looking on this file, it should also be hidden there. But it is actually displayed. But it also might be correct that way.

[t3chguy]

The setting does not impact the tab if Betas are visible. It controls whether the wall of labs flags is shown:

[dhenneke]

The setting does not impact the tab if Betas are visible. It controls whether the wall of labs flags is shown:

Thanks for the clarification. I confused the two things since the setting name appears to me to hide everything around labs. So if we completely want to hide the "Labs" section in the settings I assume that we need to manually disable the beta features in the config(?).

[t3chguy]

@dhenneke yes. If you explicitly disable all active betas then and either omit show_labs_settings or specify it to false then the section should cease to be