[Libreoffice-ux-advise] UI for new line attribute line cap style

Regina Henschel rb.henschel at t-online.de
Tue Nov 29 14:29:47 PST 2011


Hi Stefan,

Stefan Knorr (Astron) schrieb:
> Hi Regina,
>
>
> just so this mail doesn't go completely, I think your change looks
> good.

I have finished a first real implementation with a draft. Screenshot is 
again on https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Regina/DraftLineCapStyle.

I have re-introduced the labels for the join and (new) cap list, because 
without the labels the lists are not reachable via keyboard. The 
characters in the labels are used for Alt-<underlined character>.

I have already noticed, that it should be plural in "Corner and cap 
styles", but change has to wait till a new build.

  There's one thing I would propose, though: moving the long
> vertical line in the middle so that it sits at ~1/3 of the width, and
> using the last 2/3 of the dialogue for the 2nd column: in ASCII art,
> like this (so, use a non-proportional font):
> LINE_______________X
> |Line-|Arrow-------|
> |     |            |
> |     |            |
> |     |Corner-Cap--|
> |     |            |
> |         [Buttons]|
> --------------------

That would make the whole dialog wider, with impact on the other dialog 
pages. Or do you mean to make the lists "style" and "color" smaller? At 
least the preview of the chosen line style should be totally visible.

>
>
> I've CC'ed Christoph, so he can tell us if that's a good idea in his
> view (while it would seem to use the space better, it might set a
> precedent within in LibO).

It is the very first start with this new feature. My implementation does 
nothing yet but show the dialog. It is the first time for me to 
implement a new property, so I'm slow. There will be time enough to make 
a nice dialog till all other parts are finished.

Kind regards
Regina



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