[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 131947] Writer sidebar minimum width is too wide when docked (see comment 16 comment 22)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131947

--- Comment #31 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Christian Lehmann from comment #30)
> Just for clarification: It is not a just question of reducing the size of
> the icons and their spacing a bit. The point is that, in order to display
> the styles' names, at most _half_ of the width currently allotted to the
> styles bar is needed.

The Sidebar controls are reasonably sized. Also, the Sidebar can be undocked to
float where unobtrusive.

There is an issue for the Windows builds where the WDM os/DE scaling of the UI
beyond 100% is not correctly applied to the controls. That is open as bug
128243, the Linux os/DE on VCL backends do not apparently suffer the same
distortion.

If you are on a Windows build, the correct relationship of the controls will
appear at 100% scaling--which of course is too small for effective use on a
HiDPI screen.

Design decision applicable to all Decks/Content panels of the Sidebar is to
*not* hide any of the controls, and to establish a minimum width calculated for
each deck so that all of its controls are visible.  Allowing the controls to
shuffle would not help as it would loose context, but also would increase the
vertical height of the Deck--not a solutions and horrible UX.

Before it was decided not to hide controls, some Decks were allowed to reduce
width hiding controls--until the deck would collapse to show the Tab bar. That
function has been removed, and now with no controls hidden the Deck will
immediately collapse when the Tab bar buttons are double clicked.

For reference so you can use the correct terminology...

Nomenclature of components on the Sidebar are as here:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LO-HIG_SideeBar-Terminology.png

Design discussion is as here:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Guidelines/Sidebar

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