[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 149944] Base: Dialog for User Administration couldn't be resized - too small when translated to German to show all buttons

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149944

--- Comment #3 from Alex Thurgood <iplaw67 at tuta.io> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> Dialogs are non-resizable by design. We could adjust the width depending on
> content or get rid of the awkward buttons and have all in a menu button next
> to the dropdown. Or go with icon-only buttons.

Unfortunately, this behaviour isn't consistent across the UI.

For example, when comparing a Calc document, the changes dialog *is* resizable,
and IMHO, it is good that it is, as trying to resize columns to get everything
to fit in a preconstrained space, or else using the horizontal scroller is a
PITA, especially, as in the case of the current dialog, if you move to right to
see the users rights and permissions with the horizontal scrollbar, you lose
sight of the table for which you are consulting/adjusting the permissions. That
is not a user friendly experience at all, especially when you might have 50 or
so tables with only slight variations in the table name (as is frequent in real
world applications).


I'm also not a big fan of simplifying down to the icon level only because this
is highly dependent on how people see, visualise and understand graphical
representations.

I suppose having a menu button might be one way to simplify things, but I'm
always concerned that the user of the interface ends up making more mouse
movements than before, and would that really simplify things for keyboard only
users as well?

If I want to navigate that dialog with the keyboard, I can tab key through the
buttons in sequence to get to where I want to and press enter on the
highlighted key (or other UI component) to execute. If we add an "Action"
button with a dropdown menu, then not only do I have to tab to the button, I
then also have to key down (or up assuming both directions are allowed) to
select the action I want to execute leading to the opening of the follow-on
dialog.

Honestly, I don't know what's best here, and it still doesn't solve the issue
of the horizontal scrolling / absence of resizable dialog.

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