[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 104487] Function Wizard should remember Category selection per session

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104487

--- Comment #15 from ady <adylo811517 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Andreas Heinisch from comment #14)
> Hm, for me it is not clear if this minimizes the clicks in the function
> dialog.

The current behavior is useful only when the usual functions that are being
used are all from the same Category. For any other case, users have to either
use the Search field (i.e. "All" Category), or click on the Category field in
order to select the "Last Used" Category. This is relevant for empty cells, or
for nested functions, while you are building a complex formula.

When the recent functions that were/are being used are part of different
Categories, having the "Last Used" Category ready allows to keep using them: a
single click to select, versus at least two clicks or typing-in in the
aforementioned situation (which is the current behavior).

Moreover, the same proposed behavior also allows one click selection when the
functions are from the same Category, because they are also part of the "Last
Used" Category.

The only case in which there is no relative advantage in the proposed behavior
is when the user is using "much more than just a few" functions in the recent
runs of the F.W. while all those functions come from the same Category. If the
functions are not from the same Category, then there is no "cons" either.


> You may also provide a patch for the function itself because it is
> just setting a static variable
> (https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/151565). I may review the change.

Sure, except that I am not a developer so I have no idea how to do it :(.

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