Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Feb-26

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Roman

Tickets/Topics

  * Ctrl+LShift, Ctrl+RShift behavior vis-a-vis direction &
    alignment - inconsistent?
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165206
    + ctrl+l/rshift are not effective as long CTL/CJK is not enabled
    + ctrl+lshift in fact changes the text direction from RTL to
      superordinate object setting (might depend on the actual scenario)
    + functions must not be hard-coded (Heiko)
    + bug is about different behavior of the shortcut depending on
      the source, it forces alignment and direction (Eyal)
    + LTR/RTL commands are available as ctrl+shift+a/d (Heiko)
    + remove ctrl + lshift/rshift because it is not customizable and
      alternatives exit for both functions (Heiko)
    + don't remove it as it is common in other applications (Eyal)
      + for LTR text pressing ctrl+lshift does a) align left and b) keep/set
        superordinate direction, with ctrl+rshit it does a) right align and
        b) change the text direction to RTL; and vice versa for RTL source
    + with additional start/end alignment option requested in bug 163675 this
      function would be obsolete (Eyal)
    => comment

  * [UI] Data provider dialog needs better wording/labels
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165229
    + Data Provider -> Data Format; change the org.libreoffice* items
      to user-friendly names (Eyal)
    + Id/XPath -> Identifier or XPath (Eyal), just "Identifier" and more
      details in a tooltip like "Table identifier in the HTML source;
      'Xpath' in XML source" (Heiko)
    + Text Transformation -> (keep), Number Transformation -> Numeric,
      Replace Null Transformation -> Replace Null, Date & Time Transformation
      -> Date and Time, Find Replace Transformation -> Find and Replace
      (ampersand are difficult here)
    => do it

  * Non-existent removed files remain shown in the open "Recent Documents"
    menu's list, without visual distinction
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165070
    + "Clear Unavailable Files" via start center (Stuart)
    + against a menu item by default but open to allow customization (Heiko)
    + disable menuitems in the MRU for unavailable files (Heiko)
    + pin items that must not be auto deleted but remove unavailable
      documents otherwise (Eyal)
      + unclear workflow, ie. when to make the document a favorite (Heiko)
    + some users might prefer privacy and want auto-deletion (Eyal)
      + not objecting an option in the start center (Heiko)
    => do it

  * NAVIGATOR headings view -- "expand all" should be the default view
    (in some cases)
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163578
    + don't think it's a good idea (Roman)
    + it is possible to collapse/expand all items of the tree (Eyal)
    + against the request (Eyal, Heiko)
    => WF

  * Improve UX around Conditional Formatting
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165162
    + current dialog not convenient but not sure about the best
      direction; would like to maintain, or even enhance, ability
      to create complex condition hierarchies while making the
      creating of simple rulers easier (Eyal)
    => keep open
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