[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 104342] New: Rethinking 'Master pages' sidebar dock

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104342

            Bug ID: 104342
           Summary: Rethinking 'Master pages' sidebar dock
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: needsUXEval
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Impress
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: s.mehrbrodt at gmail.com
                CC: libreoffice-ux-advise at lists.freedesktop.org

In Impress we have a sidebar deck named "Master pages". It has three sections:
* Used in this presentation
* Recently used
* Available for use

I see a huge problem especially with the last section "Available for use". It
lists master slides from all registered templates. People tend to use this as a
template switcher, but the result is that you mess your presentation up because
you import master slides from foreign templates instead of just using that
template as base.

It should be more obvious for the user now (since 5.3) how to select a template
since we show the template selection dialog on Impress startup.

So I suggest we remove the "Available for use" sidebar panel.

Maybe we can even go further and remove the whole deck. A master page switcher
has been integrated in the properties deck recently.
Another option would be to move the "Used in this presentation" panel to the
Properties deck, and remove the "Master slide" selector from there.

Thoughts?

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