feat(ui-commands): allow plugins to open a core panel or a specific sidekick panel - #286
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sidekick panel Adds sidekickArea.panel, letting a plugin open or close a panel in the sidekick area: either one of its own generic content panels by id, as returned by setGenericContentItems, or a core panel from SidekickAreaCorePanelEnum (chat, polls, timer, breakout, shared notes, apps gallery). Both open and close take a single id-or-core-panel argument; close only acts if that panel is the one currently on display, so a plugin never closes one it doesn't own, and passing no argument closes the sidekick area altogether. README and the sample media-area plugin are updated to match, with buttons to open and close every panel.
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Adds
sidekickArea.panel, letting a plugin open or close a panel in the sidekick area: either one of its own generic content panels by id, as returned by setGenericContentItems, or a core panel fromSidekickAreaCorePanelEnum(chat, polls, timer, breakout, shared notes, apps gallery). Both open and close take a single id-or-core-panel argument; close only acts if that panel is the one currently on display, so a plugin never closes one it doesn't own, and passing no argument closes the sidekick area altogether.README and the sample media-area plugin are updated to match, with buttons to open and close every panel.
Supersedes #282