Do you use the focus function in the UIv4 resources tree? Why or why not?

I often do focus in on things, but I prefer the static positioning of the focus button/icon more like it is in the legacy UI. I will often misclick on it when trying to select something from the resource tree which throws off my workflow.

If we don’t want to do a fixed position, like the old UI, and we really want to go with an on-hover icon that follows the cursor, then my suggestion is to have it show all the way on the left-hand side:

This serves the same function, but is more out of the way.

One reason I use it, as an MSP, is when I share my screen with a customer. I can focus it only on their specific folders without potentially showing other customers we have in the same portal.

I would use the focus button all the time in UIv3 (mostly because that was the only way to get access to certain functions), but the new UIv4 layout makes me intuit that this focus function may be outmoded.

If the button remains, I will echo @Michael Raymond ‘s feedback, that ensuring that this button is always in the same place in a given column would be far more attractive.

I use it regularly in UIv3, but often mis-click in UIv4 and focus when I don’t want to. It’s not something I need to do often enough to feel it needs as much attention as it has in the new UI.

Honestly, I use it 1 out of every 2 times simply to force a refresh on the screen, as it allows me to click the top group to reload the modules beneath it in UIv3.

@Mike Moniz has this right.

Focus is needed for MSPs so that they can ensure they don’t leak other customer information when screensharing.

Don’t remove this important feature.

99.9% of the time no. The automatic zoom in or “focusing” is extremely distracting overall and I lose my place in my work when it happens every time

I can see why this is useful for MSP use cases, is there a way to meet in the middle on this though? My biggest issue is the way it zooms in automatically as I am working on something when I don’t want it to and I’ve also run into the accidentally clicking on things a lot as well. Can there be some settings added to customize this feature?

Yes I use this daily b/c when I need to focus on a specific client I select them and then focus. Make navigating the tree much easier instead of having a giant scroll bar in the nav tree.

Me too.

I also use it when i’m, forgive me, focusing on something. Like when i’m trying to look at a group of devices, or just one device. I focus on it. All the time. 

Please do not remove this feature just because you don’t understand how it’s used.