Plugin UX: Allow launching plugin on reopening documents

What

I want to be able to allow a plugin to always open as soon as I open the document. If I was using it at the end of my last session I may require using it again at the start of this one.

Why

Some plugins are not going to be press a button and run a single action. They will be enhancements to the workflow that require the tool to always be available the same way the toolbar is always at the top. Finding the plugin via menus every time slows down my workflow.

This would also make a more elegant implementation path for Plugin UX: Remember panel position OR implement panel docks

Proposal

allow a plugin to register itself to auto open on document load.
this can be locked behind manifest permissions

Concern
This should probably be tied to the user settings somehow. Not everyone who opens the document will want to see that plugin active. (Maybe there are plugin use cases for this as well, but that’s a bigger conversation)

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I totally agree and add that it would be nice to be able to open multiple plugin windows at the same time.

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I hadn’t even gotten that far into my experiments to realise they couldn’t!

Definitely something that would need to be supported as well!

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