[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 143249] UI: Improve handling of configuring table borders in table properties dialog (to make it work for multiple workflows)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143249

--- Comment #19 from Telesto <telesto at surfxs.nl> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #16)
The design is interesting; refreshing: positive surprised. 

However... My core concern is the workflow. The task oriented view  (you may
add persona to it. So Benjamin has mental idea of a certain formatting, how can
he do that).

Simply putting some cases forward:

Case A: 
Say you have a 1x2x table. You intend to make the left 'left and right' border
red. And Top bottom border dashed. And increase the border width of the middle.

How many steps are required to do this? And is there an order in which you have
to handle it?

Case B: 
You have pre-existing (border)formatted table. Say the formatted table you
created above. You want to change the line style of the left/right border
(without changing the color). Is it possible to do? How many clicks are needed?

Case C: 
You want to get quick overview of the border settings of the existing borders..
How do I do that? Difference in border thickness between 0,05pt 0,15pt are
sometimes hard to differentiate on screen (not even starting about visually
disabled people)

Case D
Take again the table of case A, now I want the change the line width of those
borders at once.. without touching the other formatting (color/dash) of the
outer border. And excluding the inner border. Is it possible to do so?

For the record: My ancient MS word struggles on these tasks too :-).

My initial impression (or misreading) is that the mockup has less capability's
compared to the current, click at the preview thingy. The current concept is
not that bad, my core issue with it is the implementation. There are annoying
quirks and particularity's. Like the preview being to small, evilly sensitive.
lacking outside buttons (to avoid inside clicking). 

And also lacking certain functionality.
*It's lacking an option to select multiple borders (manually and/or by
present). So you can change formatting of multiple borders at once. So you can
change the border width of all borders while retaining the dashed look of some
borders it the selection.
* Being able to select a single border and see the current formatting in the
edit fields.

It's quite possible I odd table design capability's :-). I'm running into
issues with MS Word too. And modern versions discourages manual formatting
(fiddling with formatting).. likely for a reason.

Different workflow should be fit into a design which is workable for all

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