[Libreoffice-qa] [libreoffice-design] Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-Jul-01

[Heiko Tietze]

>>         -> New colors are added to user.soc; predefined palettes are not touched (except from Tools > Options)
>What is meant here?

Tools > Colors is not touched. It is b) plus having another palette
user.soc, which can be modified in the area dialog.

>Assuming that a color added by the user is special, it makes sense to
>have it available always. Showing it as a separate (not at the end of
>the colors of predefined palettes) prevents confusion on adding/removing
>colors. Not showing them always, will confuse adding and removing colors
>too.

It's still in discussion. Unfortunately the color widgets do not have
a common code base, AFAIK. And there are some more bananas to circuit.

2016-07-12 12:51 GMT+02:00 Cor Nouws <oolst at nouenoff.nl>:
> Hi Rishabh, all,
>
> Heiko Tietze wrote on 01-07-16 15:32:
>
>>   * Area Fill (Rishabh)
>>     * Jul-01:
>>       + Decision of how to handle Add/Modify/Delete
>>         -> Add/Modify as buttons below presets (perhaps one of them as con only
>>         -> Rename and delete goes into a new context menu
>>       + Decision on manipulation of palette for solid colors
>>         -> New colors are added to user.soc; predefined palettes are not touched (except from Tools > Options)
>
> What is meant here?
> a. If a color is added in Tools > Options that it is added to the
> predefined palette and not to the user.soc; or
> b. that the predefined palettes cannot be changed in any other dialog?
>
> If a: how must a user grasp the logic of that, and understand that added
> colors end up in different places (both file and UI) ?
> If b... ?
>
>>         -> Discussion how user.soc is handled (always shown below standard palette?)
>
> Assuming that a color added by the user is special, it makes sense to
> have it available always. Showing it as a separate (not at the end of
> the colors of predefined palettes) prevents confusion on adding/removing
> colors. Not showing them always, will confuse adding and removing colors
> too.
>
> I do not get info from the discussion last minutes, nor from the pad nor
> from https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94551
>
>
>
> Heiko Tietze wrote on 09-07-16 10:02:
>> 2016-July-08 Present:
>
>>       + Goals for next week -
>>          ....
>>          + Color tab -
>>             + Include mulitple palettes in color tab.
>>             + Include user.soc for custom colors.
>>       + Points to be discussed -
>>          ...
>
>>          + Color tab design with multiple palette and user.soc list.
>>             + Discussion on workflow
>>          + Workflow for moving between fillstyle tabs inside area tab.
>>             + Preserve old entry selection till the dialog is open (?).
>>          + Multiple palettes in new color selecting widget to replace legacy color listbox.
>
>
> Ciao - Cor
>
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