[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 143251] New: UI: The table properties table border tool is counter-intuitive (lacking feedback)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143251

            Bug ID: 143251
           Summary: UI: The table properties table border tool is
                    counter-intuitive (lacking feedback)
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.3.0.0 alpha0+ Master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: telesto at surfxs.nl

Description:
UI: The table properties table border tool is counter-intuitive (lacking
feedback)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open attachment 173439 [details]
2. Select the orange area
3. Menu Table -> Properties -> Borders tab
4. Go to table width field and scroll up to say 2 pt.. Notice all borders are
affected
5. Scroll down again to 0.05 pt
6. Click on a border (it's will be selected state (gray)
7. Scroll width up again to 2.75 pt or so (notice only the selected border is
affected)
8. Scroll with down again (to 0.05 pt) [ or skip if you want visibility for
step 9)
9. Click another border (there is no selected state, the new setting is applied
automatically. However no way to 'tell that' (bug 143248). I assumed it would
be in selected state like in step 6.
10. Press OK
11. Menu Table -> Properties -> Borders tab (with same selection)
12. Go to table width field and scroll up to say 2 pt (notice nothing is
happening, caused by custom borders. But no way to tell that
13. Clicking select all border and inner lines fixes the behaviour (however
will erase all different settings again for inner border if existend)

Actual Results:
The table border tool is far from easy to use. Why it works this way can be
explained. But it's pretty complex (and lacking feedback)

Expected Results:
Well this not an easy topic. LibreOffice does behave how Word (2003) does. Not
winning awards, IMHO.

* Maybe a way to change similar borders in tandem? 
* Showing which borders are selected. Apparently all are at step 4 (but that's
not visible). A single border has selected 'border' but full table hasn't?





Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: bd2f2273d83dcca43eb6b465308707efd45e7adf
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

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