Thanks for the suggestion!

The fact that we hide icons by default is causing confusion amongst Piwik users who miss many features and don't realise they can export the data or search or change limits.

(btw a related issue was fixed in #5385 where we now display the footer icons always in Ecommerce reports)

It can be achieved by making them always visible. They don't take too much space, so it probably won't be an issue.

Showing icons all the time is not perfect solution since it clutters the UI, which we try to avoid in effort to make Piwik experience more Zen (#4987)

The challenge here is to find a better solution than what we have today, maybe you or someone else have some idea?

@mattab As for now, I see at least two solutions.

1. We can make arrow button visible all the time, not only on hover. Users will always see the incentive to click and explore options. We can also add tooltip which tells that there're additional settings.
   
2. Perhaps some of the clutter is connected with distracting look of icons in this bar. If we make them all monochromatic and visually lighter, the problem could be solved and they can be shown all the time. Con: Although less obtrusive, these options may add some clutter.
   

Great ideas! @tsteur what do you think about these suggestions?

I'm not 100% sure. First solution looks quite nice standalone but I am wondering how it looks when there are actually many different reports such as

http://demo.piwik.org/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#/module=VisitFrequency&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday

and

http://demo.piwik.org/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#/module=UserSettings&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday

Also wondering how it would look like on a wide and long report like http://demo.piwik.org/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday#/module=Actions&action=indexPageUrls&idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday

Especially in the Engagement and Settings report you can see whether it clutters the UI, especially when ZenMode is enabled. Maybe you can upload a screen how those reports would look like?

Here're previews:

Visitors/Settings

Actions / Entry pages

@tsteur If we make those lines and buttons light enough, their visibility shouldn't be an issue.

Should work when as light as in the screen!

looks good to me also 👍

nice work @diosmosis @rivadav - I love the new footer design!