Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Mar-13

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Sahil, Rafel, (John), Nameless, Heiko
Comments: Bob, Cor, Mike, Eyal


Tickets/Topics

  * Cannot resize graphical objects that overlap header/footer
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159543
    + change drag handles (Bob, Cor)
    + UI should give proper feedback (Sahil)
    + could be done by disabling the vertical and diagonal resize
      capability (which hides the size cursor then)
    + people may complain handles disappear; suggest NAB/WF (Rafael)
    + rather than hiding the handles we should block resizing before
      drag happens so the lower edge remains at the bottom (Rafael)
    + looks like a bug to me; suggest to show an infobar when the
      mouse is released but resize not accepted (Sahil)
    + infobar is disruptive here (Rafael)
    + change the drag frame color if the new size is not
      accepted/possible (Rafael)
    => do this

  * Changing Macro Security level should warn about the need to reload
    the file to apply the settings
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159985
    + Reload in the background for all documents is not possible
      since changes may have been made (Mike)
    + show infobar requesting the user to reload (Eyal)
    + show a label in the macros security option dialog (Rafael, Sahil)
      + could also be the restart now confirmation box (Heiko)
    => majority votes for the label

  * close all (documents / windows) Writer
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159380
    + add new command but just for customization (Eyal, Rafael)
    + quit and restart (Cor)
    + close documents from all modules (Heiko)
    + alternatively show the start center while modules
      are open
    + closing all documents becomes more important if we have a
      tabbed UI (Sahil)
    => comment

  * Add max shrink and space width customization options to upcoming
    smart justification feature
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159923
    + as a compatibility feature any customization would deviate
      from DOCX (Heiko, Rafael, Nameless)
    + control on the paragraph level makes sense (Mike)
    + over-engineering is seldom good usability; no use case and
      no user request (yet) (Heiko)
    => resolve WF
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