[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129122] New: Make all function names distinguishable

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129122

            Bug ID: 129122
           Summary: Make all function names distinguishable
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: easyHack, needsUXEval, topicUI
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mikekaganski at hotmail.com

Searching for functions in Customize dialog, many names appearing in the
Function box don't tell anything to the user. E.g.: type "inc" in the search
box of the Keyboard customization in Calc, and see the three identical
"Increase" strings appeared in the Function box. Do you see what each of they
actually for? No. Their names are: (1) indistinguishable from each other; and
(2) not telling anything about what they do. Increase what? Font? Cell width?
Cell height? User confusion?

The function names must be telling, not only in contexts where they appear e.g.
in menus - surrounded by other items related to the function and maybe with
some grouping/caption, but also when you see them outside of context. Maybe
functions could have two names (full/short), but in any case, user needs to be
able to see which function does what and how it is different from other
functions having similar names.

So the task is: for each function in the list in every component, to type its
name in the search box, look at the resulting found list, find out what each of
found function is, and improve names of each function, so that user sees
understandable and usable results.

The resulting changes must also be checked that they don't make other uses of
the names (e.g. in menus / context menus) not worse. But some increase in
length of names by itself should not be stopper, if the result is clearer for
user.

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