[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Libreoffice] "Style And Formatting" window

[Cor Nouws]

Hi Christoph :-)

Christoph Noack wrote (06-07-11 00:26)
> Am Dienstag, den 05.07.2011, 09:18 +0100 schrieb Caolán McNamara:
>> On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 09:32 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote:
>>> James wrote (05-07-11 07:56)
>>>> When you turn on the "Style And Formatting" win with F11 in Writer, is
>>>> it supposed to be open in Calc?
>>>> I find it very annoying to be on in Calc.
>>>> It is very useful in Writer but not very in Calc.
>
>> Yeah, this bugged me for ages. Personally I'd like the style and
>> formatting window in different modules like writer and calc to use
>> different per-module settings for their position, docked/non-docked and
>> shown/non-shown. As you say styles and formatting is far more useful in
>> writer than calc, and I like styles and formatting to be shown and
>> docked in writer, but not shown in calc by default, and when I do want
>> to see it there I would like it to be a normal floating window.
>
> Well, this question may open a can of worms, so to say. Omitting all the
> explanation it finally leads to (from the user's point-of-view): "Is
> LibreOffice an office suite that behave consistently and works with
> different file types?", or "Does LibreOffice bundle several rather
> separate modules?". Both approaches do have pros/cons - but it should be
> clear, because it would solve lots of other questions.
>
> However, I do understand the general idea ... although I think that we
> should stick with a rather simple behavior to ease the understanding for
> the users. Having too fine-grained individual settings might make things
> worse, so here is the proposal:
>        * per-module setting for shown / non-shown
>        * default setting for shown / non-shown is kept
>        * same behavior for all similar windows (e.g. Gallery, Database,
>          Navigator, ...)
>        * instead of a per-module setting for docked / undocked, these
>          windows really need a closer button when docked (similar to the
>          task pane in Impress).

Well, while were are at thát ;-) pls add a button for (un)dock!

> Mmh, by the way, how does LibO handle if there are separate windows
> (e.g. Calc) having different settings for such a window (e.g. docked /
> undocked). Which one will be the new default if LibO is completely
> restarted?

Hmm, depends on the document that is started - i.e. the StartCenter does 
not have a Navigator, Stylist, has it?

Greetings,
Cor
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