Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2024-Nov-20

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Sahil, Eyal, Rafael, John, Heiko
Comments: Cor, Regina. Ilmari

Tickets/Topics

  * Allow deletion of a master slide in-use and its using slides,
    via a confirmation dialog
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163823
    + too drastic and may result in the deletion of all slides (Rafael)
    + slides using this master could be delete after confirmation (Eyal)
    + no principal objection to this proposal (Cor, Rafael)
    + block master slide deletion as long a slide uses it, ie. keep
      the current state (Heiko)
    + use case is to switch master; there is no info on its used (Eyal)
    + if we had a way to select all slides with some master it could
      be also a solution (Eyal)
      + Writer allows to search/replace paragraph styles, could
        be implemented similarly in Impress (Heiko)
    => keep ticket

  * No option to resize chart area while maintaining height-vs-width
    proportions
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163816
    + resizing is not possible with keeping ratio when in edit mode (Regina)
    + reasonable request (Rafael)
    => introduce the shift modifier to retain the aspect ratio

  * Want mechanism to restrict slide contents to area used by content
    on the master
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163511
    + just assign the slide layout again; no special indicator
      needed (Regina)
    + keep it simple and use the layout; ie. WF (Heiko)
    + other objects aren't clipped with layouting; we should apply the
      operation move/resize to all objects (Eyal)
    + request makes sense (John)
    + introduce another method to have both options (Sahil)
    => do it

  * When changing special char dialog search term - keep position
    and highlighted char
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163817
    + keep search on key press (Heiko)
    + last selected position is remembered; not against this request but
      don't see a strong use case for this either (Rafael)
      + yet it is the last position rather than the search result (Heiko)
      + grey background is not visible on gtk3 (Eyal)
    + asking to keep the selection only as long the result
      contains it (Eyal)
    + use case is either a large number of search results, eg. circum,
      or similar looking items (Eyal)
    => do it

  * Support continuing paragraph numbering from one drawing object
    in another
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163819
    + Writer has "[ ] Restart numbering" (Cor)
      + lists are not available for floating text boxes (Heiko)
    + correct solution is to have real paragraph styles in sd
      plus assigned list styles (Heiko)
    + could be realized per extension (Sahil)
    + see also bug 163245 (Eyal), is a duplicate (Heiko)
    => keep it

  * Selecting Embossed/Engraved disables Outline and Shadow - but
    doesn't uncheck them
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163809
    + disabled state is sufficient and correct (Ilmari, Regina, Heiko)
    + current implementation feels correct (Rafael, Cor)
    + accept NAB (Eyal)
    => NAB
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