[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135104] Feedback on Styles Inspector

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135104

Shivam Kumar Singh <shivamhere247 at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED

--- Comment #5 from Shivam Kumar Singh <shivamhere247 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Luke Kendall from comment #0)
> Okay, so the Styles Inspector is reached via
> Tools-> Options -> Advanced -> Enable experimental features
> After a restart of LO, there's a new icon for the Styles Inspector under the
> Navigator icon in the Manage Styles Dialog
> 
> 1/
> A couple of tiny points:
> - It's not resizeable at the moment
Fixed at tdf#135344

> - ContinueingPreviousSubTree boolean under Direct Formatting: "continuing" =
> tiny typo?
Fixed at patch for human readable and translatable proeprties. tdf#134560
tdf#135107

> 2/
> Under Paragraph Styles in my document I have just
> > Default Paragraph Style
> > Text Body
> > Chapter Body
> Character Styles
> 
> I vaguely remember the suggestion that vertical placement maybe meant the
> style was derived from the one above?
All the styles should be on the same level. NOT A BUG

> 3/
> Selecting the TOC, I see the styles change, now listing Index and Contents 1.
> So now I can see it shows the styles of the current text.


> 4/
> I'm certain my main text is all in my Chapter Body paragraph style.
> But the existing para style text box (up near the top left of the doc
> window, under Files, Edit etc.) incorrectly shows Text Body.
Resolved at tdf#135178


> I'm also certain the 1st paragraph of each chapter is in my ChapterBdy1st
> style.
> It too is showing as just Text Body.
Resolved at tdf#135178

> 5/
> The para style displayed in the Styles Inspector (SI) APPEARS to show that
> the first para of the chapter is Text Body style, simply because Text Body
> style is visible and 'unfolded'.
> 
> It was only when I scrolled down in the SI I realised that indeed the
> inheritance tree now shows
> > Default[...]
> > Text Body
> > Chapter Body
> > ChapterBdy1st
> 
> * That seems a mild usability problem: having the visible style showing a
> parent style rather than the actual style is misleading.
> ** Suggestion: Show the styles "folded up", not "unfolded" by default:
>    in that case you'd very likely see the actual style.
> ** Suggestion alternative: scroll the SI view to focus on the actual (leaf)
>    style, not a parent style
> 
> 6/
> It's super hard to compare styles, because when you click to a different
> paragraph the SI refreshes and goes back to its default place.
> 
> 7/
> Direct Formatting is really confusing to me in what it's showing....
> Okay, I've done that: the 2nd para shows all the same DF but adds one more
> thing: "Rsid 304289352"
> I don't understand why there are any items under DF because as far as I know
> I applied no DF.
Resolved at tdf#135106

> 
> 8/
> I'm also puzzled that ParaStyleName appears under DF. Does that mean because
> I have applied a paragraph style the para is somehow now styled by Direct
> Formatting?
Resolved at tdf#135106

> 9/
> Likewise, very puzzled that the PageStyleName appears under DF.
Resolved at tdf#135106
> 
> 10/
> I have no idea what Character Styles in the SI is; maybe it's not
> implemented yet?
> Or maybe there are no character styles applied in that paragraph?
Apply a character style other than Default and please check again

> 11/
> It doesn't appear as though Heiko Tietze's suggestion for Find & Replace has
> been addressed in this build - having separate Styles and Text tabs for the
> different kinds of searches for F&R.

> Personal overall assessment:
> Looks promising, though it has some usability issues and may be a bit
> confusing at present.
> 
> HTH!

Thank you for this amazing testing. Most of the issues are resolved now. Would
request you to kindly test again with the latest patch build.

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