I finally updated to 2.2.1 and it is spectacular. Many little things i've silently desired are here, especially per-sketch board/port, and detecting file changes. AMAzing!
Here's my feature request. Some board packages do a "silent upload", specifically Arduino Uno. The old IDE left the words "upload complete" in a status bar, but 2.0 shows it briefly in a floater alert. (Some board packages show percentage in the Output text, but for Uno the "output" text is silent.)
Please have a persistent report of "upload complete" so I can look away and look back and know if it happened.
Hi @polyomino. I'm glad you are enjoying the advancements made in Arduino IDE 2.x. Thanks for sharing your positivity.
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Not exactly what you were requesting, but you can configure Arduino IDE so that the upload is no longer "silent":
Select File > Preferences... (or Arduino IDE > Settings... for macOS users) from the Arduino IDE menus.
The "Preferences" dialog will open.
Uncheck the box next to Show verbose output during: ☑ compilation in the "Preferences" dialog.
Check the box next to Show verbose output during: ☐ upload.
Click the "OK" button.
This will cause the output from the AVRDUDE uploader tool to be printed to the "Output" panel at the bottom of the Arduino IDE window.
I generally only recommend enabling the verbose compilation output in the cases where it is necessary to troubleshoot Arduino IDE's behavior during compilation, since the compilation produces a tremendous amount of output that is not generally useful. However, I recommend always leaving the verbose upload output enabled because the amount of output is not excessive and I personally find it useful to be able to monitor the progress of the upload by watching the output.
Ope! Thank you @xfpd and @ptillisch, both of these pointers (which I should have found on my own) completely address my issue. The Messages bell in the lower right, and enabling Verbose Upload.
(Given that, the github feature request is maybe asking, as I was, for one more indicator, like an indicator lamp that darkens on a new compile, and lights up when the board is once more in sync with the build post-upload. But that's pure bling at this point.)
