Panels "visible" attribute doesn't prevent panel rendering
Yeah, I think it's just a matter of adding this.toggleVisible() in PanelView.render. If you want to push a PR, I'd be glad to merge it :)
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Version: v0.17.3 Are you able to reproduce the bug from the demo?[ ] Yes[x] No What is the expected behavior? editor.Panels.addPanel({id: 'test', visible: false}) renders panel despite of visible attribute set to false. It perfectly works after editor has been rendered, so panel.set('visibility', !panel.get('visibility') toggles visibility correctly. Workaround 1 to set gjs-hidden class with visible: false together didn't work too. This way visibility would be checked later and gjs-hidden class would be removed. At least is this the behavior I see. There was same issue already: #1602. Workaro...
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Yeah, I think it's just a matter of adding this.toggleVisible() in PanelView.render. If you want to push a PR, I'd be glad to merge it :)
Thanks for reporting this, @emyasnikov. The issue with Panels "visible" attribute doesn't prevent panel rendering appears to be a race condition or state management timing problem. This typically happens when component lifecycle events and DOM modifications overlap, creating an inconsistent state....
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