[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 143341] New: UNO object inspector: undocking/floating behavior is sub-optimal

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143341

            Bug ID: 143341
           Summary: UNO object inspector: undocking/floating behavior is
                    sub-optimal
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.2.0.0.beta1+
          Hardware: All
                OS: Windows (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: medium
         Component: UI
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: ming.v.hua at qq.com
            Blocks: 141420

Created attachment 173544
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=173544&action=edit
Screenshot of the floating UNO-Inspector window

The UNO object inspector tool, activated from menu Tools > Development Tools,
starts as a panel at the bottom of the main window, like the sidebar.

Like the sidebar (and many toolbars), this inspector panel can be dragged by
mouse and undocked from the main window, becoming a floating window.  However,
unlike the sidebar, the behavior of the inspector window after undocked is
rather strange and causes UX problems.

1. Too easy to undock.  The inspector panel doesn't have a obvious "title bar"
like the sidebar which is used for dragging and undocking.  Instead, it seems
the whole area from "Current Selection" to "Class Name: foo" can be used to
drag the panel off its place.  I first found this undocking behavior by
accidentally triggering it when trying to highlight the class name with mouse
(for copying) .

2. The undocked floating inspector window has a sub-optimal size, and many
elements are not displayed by default.  The user has to enlarge the window to
see everything that was shown at the docked panel status.  See attached
screenshot.

3. Hard to re-dock.  The undocked sidebar can be relatively easily re-docked by
dragging the floating window towards the right edge of the window.  However,
once the inspector window is undocked, the user has to drag it very precisely
to the center of the bottom edge just above the status bar -- a tiny area -- in
order to re-dock it as a panel.

I'm not sure this undocking of UNO inspector is intentional, but currently as
is, it doesn't seem to be useful.  Please either disable this undocking or
improve its behavior when undocked.

The bug was first found in 7.2.0 Beta1, and is still reproducible in 7.2.0 RC1:
Version: 7.2.0.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 32efc3b7f3a71cfa6a7fa3f6c208333df48656cc
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19041; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: zh-CN (zh_CN); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141420
[Bug 141420] [META] UNO Object Inspector - Development tools
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