The project menu should be under the file submenu

[andreamoro-git]

For consistency with other editors and for general usability, the project menu should be moved under the file menu.
See e.g. treatment of projects in Atom

[steff456]

Hi @andreamoro-git,

Do you mean that we should have the project plugin under the files plugin? We are currently having discussions about the layout of Spyder, please consider to join us in our next community call which will be the first Wednesday of December, and we can discuss some of your ideas. We are trying to understand better the different workflows of our users to know how we can improve the usability of all the panes.

[andreamoro-git]

I don't know what you mean by plugin. I mean the file menu, second item of the top navigation bar. Projects should not be a separate item but a subitem of "file".
I am attaching a screenshot of Atom's solution.

Thanks for the invitation. Since we're talking about usability, "open last closed" is a bit redundant, and the "file switcher", "symbol finder" and "restart.." items under file are probably out of context

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[andreamoro-git]

This should probably be moved to spyder-ide/spyder#12197

[steff456]

I thought you meant another issue! Thanks for the clarification with the screenshot. We can absolutely talk about this, basically we have File and Project menus apart because inside the code, both of them are different plugins in the interface. But I agree that it is a little bit off taking into account what other IDEs do.

I think that I'm going to transfer this issue to our UX/UI repo, so we can discuss the elements with all the contributors and community of the project. Also, @andreamoro-git if you want to add more issues of the menus to this issue you are welcome.

I hope to see you both in our next community call on December!