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Closes #184532.

This fixes a minor visual bug with the controls drag handle. By using an empty EuiIcon in view mode in place of the drag handle icon in edit mode, we don't have to adjust padding to preserve the dimensions of the controls between view mode. With this change, the switch between view modes is slightly less jarring.

May-30-2024 09-39-28

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@cqliu1 cqliu1 added Feature:Dashboard Dashboard related features release_note:fix Team:Presentation Presentation Team for Dashboard, Input Controls, and Canvas t// loe:small Small Level of Effort impact:low Addressing this issue will have a low level of impact on the quality/strength of our product. Project:Controls Project:Dashboard Usability Related to the Dashboard Usability initiative v8.15.0 labels May 30, 2024
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Heenawter commented May 30, 2024

Hmmm... I'm conflicted on this. I agree that the current transition is a little awkward, but I'm not a fan of the extra "padding" on the left of controls that this introduces in view mode? It feels noticeably unbalanced to me...

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Screenshot 2024-05-30 at 11 03 39 AM Screenshot 2024-05-30 at 11 03 39 AM 2 Screenshot 2024-05-30 at 11 03 39 AM 3

I don't imagine most users are rapidly switching between view and edit mode, so I wonder how much we should prioritize this "transition" versus making view and edit mode look best in their static state? But if we did want to fix this, I think it's worth noting that the bulk of the "awkwardness" comes from the fact that we have a two step process in the rendering:

  • Switching from edit mode to view mode:
    1. Unload the icon (from React code)
    2. Add in the extra left padding (from class names + styles updating)
  • Switching from view mode to edit mode:
    1. Reload the icon
    2. Remove the extra left padding

If we could somehow make this a single render, that would help while still keeping the left and right padding equal in view mode... Or perhaps, as a dirty solution, we could use an empty 12px wide div rather than the empty icon? 😅 Here's what that looks like:

May-30-2024 11-34-26

Ultimately deferring to @andreadelrio here though.

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cqliu1 commented May 31, 2024

@Heenawter Thanks for calling out the uneven padding in view mode. I switched to using a size s empty EuiIcon which makes the icon 12px wide, and that matches the 12px padding on the other sides of the control title.

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Thanks so much for making the icon size change!! That is much cleaner. So happy to see this finally fixed 🎉 🎉 🎉

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LGTM, thanks!

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## Summary

Closes #192229

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### Changes

- Fixes padding in the `prepend` in all control types, in both modes
(i.e. `view` and `edit`) and in both label positions (i.e. `inline` and
`above`)
- Removes the empty icon in view mode introduced by #184533. After
thinking about this is some more I think this is unnecessary given the
shift in the UI that already exists for Dashboards when switching back
and forth between `View` and `Edit` Mode.
- For better control, this creates and passes custom class names to
`controlFrame__formControlLayout`.

> [!NOTE]  
> We will be able to do a further clean up these styles when we are done
with [#192005](#192005).

### Checklist

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- [x] [Unit or functional
tests](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-tests.html)
were updated or added to match the most common scenarios
- [ ] [Flaky Test
Runner](https://ci-stats.kibana.dev/trigger_flaky_test_runner/1) was
used on any tests changed
- [x] Any UI touched in this PR is usable by keyboard only (learn more
about [keyboard accessibility](https://webaim.org/techniques/keyboard/))
- [x] Any UI touched in this PR does not create any new axe failures
(run axe in browser:
[FF](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/axe-devtools/),
[Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/axe-web-accessibility-tes/lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd?hl=en-US))
- [x] This renders correctly on smaller devices using a responsive
layout. (You can test this [in your
browser](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/responsive-testing-on-local-server))
- [x] This was checked for [cross-browser
compatibility](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_browsers)


### Risk Matrix

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Before closing this PR, invite QA, stakeholders, and other developers to
identify risks that should be tested prior to the change/feature
release.

When forming the risk matrix, consider some of the following examples
and how they may potentially impact the change:

| Risk | Probability | Severity | Mitigation/Notes |

|---------------------------|-------------|----------|-------------------------|
| Multiple Spaces&mdash;unexpected behavior in non-default Kibana Space.
| Low | High | Integration tests will verify that all features are still
supported in non-default Kibana Space and when user switches between
spaces. |
| Multiple nodes&mdash;Elasticsearch polling might have race conditions
when multiple Kibana nodes are polling for the same tasks. | High | Low
| Tasks are idempotent, so executing them multiple times will not result
in logical error, but will degrade performance. To test for this case we
add plenty of unit tests around this logic and document manual testing
procedure. |
| Code should gracefully handle cases when feature X or plugin Y are
disabled. | Medium | High | Unit tests will verify that any feature flag
or plugin combination still results in our service operational. |
| [See more potential risk
examples](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/RISK_MATRIX.mdx) |


### For maintainers

- [ ] This was checked for breaking API changes and was [labeled
appropriately](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/contributing.html#kibana-release-notes-process)

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[Controls] Fix jumping control title grab handle when transitioning between view and edit mode

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