[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 151537] Open dialog filetype/import filter listbox inappropriate due to large number of formats

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Wed Nov 2 20:08:31 UTC 2022


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151537

Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |UNCONFIRMED
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--- Comment #6 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #5)
> But in any case we cannot change this
> (unless we remove some filters and use different commands like "Save As
> Microsoft Document", "Save as Adobe Document" etc. which is bad since users
> prolly don't know who owns Lotus these days, for example.)

Ah, but we can change this - by instituting two-level filtering! We add another
list, of input filter categories; and reset the filters in the OS/DE dialog
based on the selection in that list. Most/all categories will now be small
enough to fit nicely on the monitor.

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