Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Oct-25

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: John, Bogdan, Heiko
Comments: Eike, Eyal

Tickets/Topics

  * feature [Draw] Color option to identify the layer
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157255
    + currently we show italic for locked, underline for non-printing
      and blue font color for invisible, and a bold bar for the active
      layer
    + a) just use bold for the active layer and icons for states
      + drawback is a jumping UI and larger tabs
    + b) use a thin bar to indicate the object's layer
      + hard to distinguish from the active layer
    + c) colorize the layer of the object with highlight color
      + could use the system highlight color (and invert the blue
        font of disabled)
    + like option a) (John)
    + competitors? draw.io uses kind of a Navigator and draws a tiny
      dot for the object's layer
    + ideally improve the Navigator
    => comment

  * Re-initialize autofill rather than overwriting content
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157731
    + re-initialize autofill rather than overwriting content when
      pressing ctrl (Heiko)
    + take care of shift being pressed (just copies the content)
    + no harm in adding this function (John)
    => do it

  * Paste number format only
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157627
    + paste special without format should not alter the
      target format (Eike)
    + would be a random choice of attributes and bloats the
      dialog (John, Heiko)
    + workflow is unclear and sounds very specific
    + using proper cell style might be a good alternative
    + Excel provides an option to paste "Formulas and number formats"
      or alternatively "Values and number formats"; we should consider
      adding this (John)
    + just adding the number format could be a checkbox under Options
      labeled "Number format" disabled if "[x] Format" is checked (and
      otherwise allowing to overwrite the target number format)
    => do it

  * Print or export to PDF by chapters/sections
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157346
    + nice shortcut (Heiko)
    + should be called heading; and agree with the request (Eyal)
    + makes the print dialog more complicated and is quite unusual;
      reading first/last page from the document is simple enough (John)
    => resolve WF
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