[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 119917] New: Improve consistency in editing text/paragraph/etc. properties

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119917

            Bug ID: 119917
           Summary: Improve consistency in editing text/paragraph/etc.
                    properties
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.1.1 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: J22Gim at gmail.com

Description:
There are some inconsistencies in the behavior of the GUI for different
properties. Sometimes the change is change is applied "live" while some other
times the change is only applied when pressing enter or change focus. There
seems to be no criteria as to when one or the other behavior should take place
(to me anyway).
I make the case for Writer and Calc but I assume all LO apps have the same GUI
issue.

Steps to Reproduce:
Writer
w1. Open Writer and enter any text into a paragraph
w2. Try to change the font and the font size
w3. Try to change the "below paragraph spacing"

Calc
c1. Open Calc and enter any number with decimals, eg 0.0234
c2. Try to change the decimal places 
c3. Try to change font

Actual Results:
Writer
There are three ways to change font (in my setup anyway), first of course
select the text you want to change.. then: 
A) (most usual, I guess): click to display the drop-down menu
B) click on the font box and scroll with the mouse wheel
C) click on the font box and just write the font name (after "select all" or
erasing the currently-displayed font name).

You can notice that the selected text does or does not change as you perform
the actions:
A) only when you select the new font, the selected text changes to the new font
(kind of obvious, right?)
B) Say you scroll until your favorite font appears in the font box. The
selected text will reflect the new font ONLY after pressing ENTER or TAB.
However you can place the mouse cursor over the font box and scroll (and the
font WILL change) but this will have no effect because the font box is not in
focus. Same happens with font size.
C) Similarly, after you write the name of your favorite font and press ENTER OR
TAB you will see the change (assuming you spelled the name correctly!)

Calc
c2. Changing decimal places is always "live": anything you do in the "decimal
places" box will show immediately without any "apply" signal or any other user
intervention.
c3. Changing the font is actually different than in Writer: you hover over the
font box and scroll with the wheel.. and the text in the selected cell will
change simultaneously! No need to even click on the font box.. However this is
not true for the text size (ie you do need to send the "apply" signal by
getting it out of focus, ENTER, TAB, etc.)

Expected Results:
Well I expect the GUI to be consistent between controls AND between
applications..

For example, if you can not change the selected text, then what is the point of
letting the user to change the font (ie when hovering over the font box without
actually clicking on it). If it can scroll, it should change the selected text
"live".

In principle I thing a decision has to be made about "live" vs "enter/tab/out
of focus". I personally like the 2nd, but I have no reason to believe one is
better than the other, just a matter of taste/being used to.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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