Reload button on the new Game tab (or Game window)

[RobertBobbinson]

Considering the new (in 4.4beta) game-tab/window already has buttons, it would be easier to add a reload button that would reload the playing scene.
I'm always having to restart from the main UI, even though I use the game window. It's cumbersome.
What do you think?

[Meorge]

Isn't that what the Run Current Scene button is for?

(Before starting the game)

(While the game is running)

[RobertBobbinson]

Thanks for the answer.
(The Game window/tab I'm talking about is the one in the last beta, it's not in 4.3)
The button your image shows does that, but it's not on the Game tab/window, it's on the main gui right of the main tabs.

[Meorge]

You're proposing moving it specifically into the Game view toolbar like so?

Given that the button already exists and is in a known place (as referenced by docs, tutorials, etc) I don't know if it'd make sense to add a button that's pretty close to it, only visible sometimes, and performs the same action - if people can reach that button, they can also reach the original one in the topmost toolbar.

[RobertBobbinson]

I use a window instead of a tab, so it's not that close. It's annoying to go back to the main interface when I only want to deal with the game window.
and I'm not proposing to move it. I'm proposing to duplicate it. Next to the pause button preferably.

[Meorge]

Ah, I wasn't aware there was a way to pop the Game view out into its own window. On macOS I don't have window embedding, so the game itself (without the toolbar for pausing/analyzing the scene) is a separate window, but I still have to click back into the Godot editor to access any of the debugging tools.

It's a good point you bring up with the pause button - there is precedent for having duplicate buttons there, since there's also a pause button up in the top toolbar. (Although, looking into it, the two pause buttons appear to be independent of each other... seems like that might be something to discuss merging, hm)

[Calinou]

It's a good point you bring up with the pause button - there is precedent for having duplicate buttons there, since there's also a pause button up in the top toolbar. (Although, looking into it, the two pause buttons appear to be independent of each other... seems like that might be something to discuss merging, hm)

• See discussion in Make pause hotkey work while game is focused godot#103411.