[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 91130] Smaller default font name list

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91130

--- Comment #26 from Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Ole Tange from comment #25)
> > What I refuse (and other people I talked to as well) is the multi-column output.
> Can you elaborate on why? 

You focus on the presentation of the list content while dropdowns and list
views usually are there to select an item. When those lists grow the typical
approach for quicker selection is a filter on typing and proper sorting. Your
proposal is not a lightweight standard control anymore and has accessibility
issues. In a one-dimensional list the navigation is done per cursor up/down
while two dimensions multiply the effort (plus all the trouble around impaired
users that have to relay on screen readers). And mentioned before I doubt that
scrolling works nicely as your columns are filled unequally.

> I can justify why I prefer the multi-column output: IMHO the goal is to
> quickly identify and select one item. 

If you read interface styleguides you will not find the identification aspect
being relevant for lists. 

Your idea is nice for the overview (I would focus on this part ignoring column
types), additional to the selection. And you could realize it yourself as an
extension. How about that?

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