RESEARCH | UICache - investigate capabilities and potential user space integration

📋 Summary

Investigate the UICache / UICacheHelper system used in Panel for storing UI configurations.

🔍 Research Questions

1. What does UICache currently store?

• Window position/size (PanelUIConfigurations)
• Column widths (JobsTabsColumnWidth, DetailsTabsColumnWidth, etc.)
• What else?

1. Where is it persisted?

• File location?
• Format (JSON, XML, binary)?

1. Could this be extended for user preferences?

• Per-user settings
• Theme preferences
• Layout customizations
• Recently used items

1. Architecture questions

• Is it thread-safe?
• Does it handle corruption gracefully?
• Migration strategy for schema changes?

📍 Entry Points

• UICacheHelper.Get() - retrieves cache
• UICacheHelper.SavePanelUIConfigurations() - saves configurations
• UICache class - data model
• PanelUIConfigurations class - window state

📁 Files to Investigate

• src/CommonFiles/Helpers/UICacheHelper.cs (probably)
• src/CommonFiles/Models/UICache.cs (probably)

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~ Lili