[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 85449] UI: optional filter for 'Language' dropdown in 'Character' dialog to show only most sensible language choices

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85449

--- Comment #8 from Eike Rathke <erack at redhat.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #7)
> And not all dropdowns have a input field, see tools > options >
> language > locales.
You can search also without input field, just focus the list and start typing.
In the edit field you can also type the locale's language tag though, if you
happen to know that, which is not possible on the list.


> We may also show only the languages that are installed by application
> option,      however user may paste content in alien languages. And it's not
> clear what "installed language" means. 
Strongly against. Installed languages should not restrict what languages are
offered for document *content*.


> Sorting could help; could be done depending on region/locale. However, not
> sure this is more acceptable than having a reduced number with more items on
> demand.
The current list is already sorted by language name, I don't see any benefit in
sorting it by locale (what sort criteria anyway, the language tag? you'd end up
with more or less the same grouping just in a different order illogical for the
human eye). Sorting it by region we'd have to assign regions to locales,
sometimes even arbitrary (Esperanto, anyone? Is Russia Europe or Asia?) and
having English, French and Spanish split over several regions doesn't make
sense either. What's the region for Cabécar to look it up? Or Bribri?

A treeview might make sense for languages with many locales like English,
French, Spanish or Arabic but wouldn't help in general for the outnumbering
single language entries.

Possible might be to move recently selected/used languages to the top of the
list so they stay together for easier switching between different languages.
But then again search by typing might be broken if it matched such recent entry
that is not sorted into the alphabetical order. Choose your shortcoming..
Anyhow, this might be the best option.

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