Docs.rs: Top bar for choosing crate version / platform no longer appears

[Arnavion]

https://github.com/onur/docs.rs/commit/4a9cb42b4c9ea8d24e0eaf51290419889117aa03 removed the top bar that allows you to choose a crate version / platform / see other info about the crate.

Maybe you can use this issue to track bringing it back when you figure out the solution to the rustdoc changes?

[pravic]

Same here. I just noticed that and it is really inconvenient.

For example, now there is no way to see the winapi documentation, since it is available only under -pc-windows-msvc targets.

@onur Is there any way to revert previous behavior back? Was it worth to make such a usability breaking change, actually?

[onur]

I'll try to bring it back this weekend.

@pravic new rustdoc changes did break entire top bar, I had no other choice. I'll try a different approach this time.

And yes, @GuillaumeGomez is always breaking docs.rs :-)

[GuillaumeGomez]

:-°

[pftbest]

Another use case for top bar is for browsing source code. Sometimes "Repository" link on crates.io points to a different version of the code compared to what is published, and you want to see the original. Also I was using this feature to look at Cargo.toml file to see what cargo features are available.

[spacekookie]

@onur Has there been any development on this?

[FaultyRAM]

As a workaround, you can manually navigate to the pages that the top bar linked to. Using winapi as an example:

https://docs.rs/crate/winapi/ displays the README for the latest version
https://docs.rs/crate/winapi/0.3.5/ displays the README for 0.3.5
https://docs.rs/crate/winapi/0.3.5/source/ lets you browse the source code for 0.3.5
https://docs.rs/winapi/0.3.5/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/winapi/ displays target-specific documentation for 0.3.5

[pravic]

Well, thanks to https://github.com/retep998/winapi-rs, there was a direct link to the documentation: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/winapi/

[QuietMisdreavus]

This should be fixed by https://github.com/onur/docs.rs/pull/217 now!