[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 38093] Add an Outline View layout and editing mode to Writer

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38093

--- Comment #56 from Francewhoa <francewhoa+bugs.documentfoundation.org at ubertus.ca> ---
Thanks Jim for both your contribution and for the video in comment 54 above :)
This is fantastic. And videos are useful for users who are not software
engineers. But interested to contribute to LO.

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Strengths

• A first benefit of using the Navigator like you did in your video is that
many users are familiar with this Navigator. As it's being around for a long
time. So it's likely that end-users would have an easier learning curve about
the collapse and expand new features.

• A second benefit of using the Navigator is that in very large document, it's
sometime much easier to use the Navigator than the Document canvas. The
Navigator shows a summary of the whole document Headings. Compare to the
Document canvas with with very large documents the users would have to do lots
of scrolling up and down.

• In the Navigator, the wordings "Fold in Document" and "Unfold in Document"
are concise. Which looks & feels clean and uncluttered.

• The collapse and expand are very fast & responsive :)

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Challenges


Here are three challenge below. With suggested resolution. Feel free to choose
any other resolutions or design to your liking. The following are just
suggestions for your consideration.


Challenge 1

• Within the Navigator, the wording "Fold in Document" & "Unfold in Document"
might be cryptic & not clear for some users using the English version of LO. 
This is a suggested resolution. How about using terms most users are more
familiar with? Such as "Expand Heading" or "Collapse Heading"
One benefit with those wordings is that they make it clear that there is a
relationship between the Document Headings and the Collapse or Expand features.

The number 3 in this mockup I made today show this suggested wordings
resolution at
https://i.postimg.cc/Pxc45tX9/Mockup-Navigator-Expend-or-Collapse-Expand-All-Headings-and-Collapse-All-Headings-v2.jpg


Challenge 2

• The "Fold in Document" & "Unfold in Document" would likely meet the need of
users with small LO Documents. But for very large Documents it would likely
not. I mean if a small Document has 10 headings, it's realistic for the user to
click up to 10 times to collapse or expand heading to her/his liking. But if a
large document has 10,000+ headings, it's not realistic for the user to click
up to 10,000 times. 
This is a suggested resolution. How about this, within the Navigator, add a new
top menu titled "Expend/Collapse", then add those two additional sub-menu. I
mean this workflow: 
1. "Expend/Collapse" ---> "Expand Heading"
2. "Expend/Collapse" ---> "Collapse Heading"
3. "Expend/Collapse" ---> "Expand All Headings"
4. "Expend/Collapse" ---> "Collapse All Headings". 

What those options do is self explain. For example, with a large Document the
user could start by clicking on "Collapse All Headings". Then use the other
"Expand Heading" option with only a few headings which are presently of
interest.

The numbers 1, 2, 3 in this mockup show this suggested resolution at
https://i.postimg.cc/Pxc45tX9/Mockup-Navigator-Expend-or-Collapse-Expand-All-Headings-and-Collapse-All-Headings-v2.jpg

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