View plot in editor space

[timtmok]

Add a way to allow a user to view a plot as an editor. This allows a larger view without altering the size of the plots pane and leverages the editor's ability to float as its own window or tile along other editors/plots.

[jmcphers]

Requested (more or less) by beta user: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron-beta/discussions/122

[juliasilge]

I have been doing some prep for teaching a workshop, and I really want this feature.

[jmcphers]

Relevant Mastodon thread:

The only weird thing is no zoom option for plotting.

https://mastodon.online/@[email protected]/112695382560885990

[seeM]

Sort of requested in #3884.

[nstrayer]

I think as long as we have a really good encapsulation of the IPositronPlotClient class it should be relatively straightforward to write an EditorPane/EditorInput class that can act as the front-end.

Work done for #1713 will probably make this easier as it will involve making the front-end as stateless as possible.

[factorialmap]

In RStudio there is a very useful option to show data/plots/viewer/console without having to split panels, it just expands the panels using shortcut keys.

Tools>Modify Keyboard Shortcuts>Zoom. It's really fast.

I think it might be really cool if we had that on the Positron.

expand_panels.mp4

[juliasilge]

I'll start some QA notes for the initial version of this! 🎉

QA Notes

• The new ability to open a plot in editor space should be behind a feature flag where the default is off.

[testlabauto]

Verified Fixed

Positron Version(s) : 2024.09.0-27
OS Version          : OSX

Test scenario(s)

Open in editor works well. No controls yet in editor I assume is expected.

Link(s) to TestRail test cases run or created:
N/A