[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Libreoffice] [REVIEW 3.4] FindBar silently reuses options from the Search & Replace dialog

[Jan Holesovsky]

Hi Christoph,

On 2011-07-29 at 00:38 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:

> > > resets whatever flags the user has set in the Search&  Replace dialog
> > > too.  This is not easy to fix, so I wonder if you consider this stop-gap
> > > solution bearable for the users?
> 
> Kendy, you mention "is not easy to fix" - what do you mean here? Setting
> back the options in general, or (maybe) making find bar and find&replace
> dialog work independently?

Both :-)

> Okay, before offering some ideas, here are my assumptions:
>       * the find bar will be used for straightforward search only (thus:
>         it should not adapt / implement the search&replace dialog
>         exclusive items)
>       * both dialog bar and find&replace dialog won't be visible at the
>         same time (currently the daily build doesn't work for me ... so
>         I can't check how it works at the moment)

They can be both visible at the same time, and you can switch between
them, etc.

>       * If the find&replace dialog is opened for the first time (in this
>         session, for the given module), then defaults are used that
>         don't enable anything in the "More Options" panel
>       * The find&replace dialog is rather complex and people might also
>         have issues to "default" all the setting easily
> 
> If some statements appear weird - please feel free to correct me!
> 
> So my proposals: 
>       * The find&replace dialog should:
>               * ... either: show the "More Options" panel state when
>                 re-openend and "more options" have been changed --> as
>                 suggested by Cor
>               * ... or: restore the "More Options" panel state when
>                 re-openend (e.g. show it, if it was shown before)
>               * ... and (optional): visualize if "more options" are
>                 changed even if that panel is closed (e.g. needs some
>                 thoughts)
>       * The shared find bar options and the find&replace dialog options
>         should be synced (the last used element sets the options /
>         find / replace strings etc. of the other element). All
>         non-shared elements (here: only relevant for the search&replace
>         dialog) are reset to defaults.
>       * The find&replace dialog should get a "Defaults" button to reset
>         all the control elements in the dialog [optional,
>         recommendation] 
> 
> Mmh, it seems that should be added to the whiteboard page - agreed? Did
> I miss anything?
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Find_Bar

Just to set the expectations right :-) - I am unable to do any complex
changes here (lack of time), it will have to be split into Easy Hacks or
something.

Regards,
Kendy