[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 158541] simplify start-center document selection

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Wed Dec 6 11:13:36 UTC 2023


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158541

--- Comment #8 from Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #7)
> Pages selects on click and opens/executes on double-click (not a bad
> choice). We open on single click - some users might want this (KDE, and
> probably other OS too, has an option whether single click selects or
> executes).

The pages screencast was not an optimal comparison as it is a template manager,
so compares to LibreOffice's manager which likewise does not open upon single
click.

> As long as we open on single click / enter, we need to show what clicking
> means. If we go with Ilmari's alternative (auto-select on hover) we run into
> the danger of unintended mouse movements.
> 
> The hover design is of course open for discussion, but the only alternative
> is to open on double click.

Can you explain this danger, I don't understand it?

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