[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138621] three improvements in File > Templates and associated .uno commands

[bugzilla-daemon at bugs.documentfoundation.org]

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138621

sdc.blanco at youmail.dk changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Assignee|libreoffice-bugs at lists.free |sdc.blanco at youmail.dk
                   |desktop.org                 |

--- Comment #3 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
Hiding the .uno:TemplateManager should resolve the icon problem.

> >  while tooltip for .uno:NewDoc is ”Show Templates Manager”     
> The .uno:NewDoc works pretty well to me.
Would propose "Open Templates Manager"   (because it is a popup dialog box)


(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> 1) No clear preference for renaming from Open into Edit. (Weak) argument to
> keep Open is that this template has not been integrated into the manager.
I agree ‟Open” vs. ‟Edit” is a minor point – especially if template handling
workflow continues to be improved.

But as long as the paint is still wet...

As requested in bug 137906 , would be nice for File menu to present a list of
templates, where the selected one is opened immediately as a NEW .odt document. 

Meanwhile – consider what is shown in the Files > Templates submenu

Templates
   Open Template...
   Save as Template...
   Manage Templates...

On first encounter (without reading manual), expected ‟Open Template…”  to give
a list of templates, where the selected one opens as new .odt document.   
Was surprised to see an open file dialog, but ok, no problem, can see my
templates, make my choice, but notice after a while that an .ott file was
opened, not a new .odt.)  (Not a complaint:  just reporting an empirical
observation of a naive user). 

When faced with the choices in the current submenu, not immediately obvious
that ‟File > Templates > Manage Templates” is the right choice – for now – to
open a new document based on a chosen template).  

While if one was seeking to edit a template, then

   ‟Edit a Template...”

might be a more appropriate label in that submenu context...

Furthermore, note in contrast, that ‟Open” in Template Manager context menu
DOES open a new .odt document, which may have influenced expectations for ‟Open
Template…”), while ‟Edit” in the context menu in Template Manager opens a
template for editing.  (+1 for a change to consistency.)

And to gild the lily…

‟Open Template…” is semi-integrated with Template Manager, because the default
path in Options is the path used by Template Manager. (Presumably the user who
changes that path setting has some understanding of the consequences, or at
least now the help page recommends to use the Template Manager, along with an
explanation about the relation between the Template Manager and the Options
Path.)

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-bugs/attachments/20201210/8985dfe5/attachment.htm>