Seeing if paneOpen is part of the run order-dependent story

e2e/playwright/file-tree.spec.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ test.describe('when using the file tree to', () => {
       })
 
       const {
-        panesOpen,
+        openKclCodePanel,
+        openFilePanel,
         createAndSelectProject,
         pasteCodeInEditor,
         createNewFileAndSelect,
@@ -124,9 +125,9 @@ test.describe('when using the file tree to', () => {
       await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1200, height: 500 })
       page.on('console', console.log)
 
-      await panesOpen(['files', 'code'])
-
       await createAndSelectProject('project-000')
+      await openKclCodePanel()
+      await openFilePanel()
       // File the main.kcl with contents
       const kclCube = await fsp.readFile(
         'src/wasm-lib/tests/executor/inputs/cube.kcl',

e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts

@@ -585,6 +585,15 @@ export async function getUtils(page: Page, test_?: typeof test) {
       })
     },
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Sorry I don't have time to fix this right now, but runs like
+     * the one linked below show me that setting the open panes in this manner is not reliable.
+     * You can either set `openPanes` as a part of the same initScript we run in setupElectron/setup,
+     * or you can imperatively open the panes with functions like {openKclCodePanel}
+     * (or we can make a general openPane function that takes a paneId).,
+     * but having a separate initScript does not seem to work reliably.
+     * @link https://github.com/KittyCAD/modeling-app/actions/runs/10731890169/job/29762700806?pr=3807#step:20:19553
+     */
     panesOpen: async (paneIds: PaneId[]) => {
       return test?.step(`Setting ${paneIds} panes to be open`, async () => {
         await page.addInitScript(

e2e/playwright/testing-settings.spec.ts

@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ test.describe('Testing settings', () => {
       await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1200, height: 500 })
       page.on('console', console.log)
 
-
       await test.step('Precondition: No projects exist', async () => {
         await expect(page.getByTestId('home-section')).toBeVisible()
         const projectLinksPre = page.getByTestId('project-link')