[Libreoffice-ux-advise] UX: access protect/unprotect sheet from sheet tab

[Olivier Hallot]

HI

2011/9/25 Christoph Noack <christoph at dogmatux.com>

> Hi Astron!
>
> Am Samstag, den 10.09.2011, 16:43 +0200 schrieb Astron:
> > Hi back,
> >
> > thanks, Christoph and Olivier! uno:protect is well within the upper
> > ten percent of functions used (9000-odd uses), so I'd say: add it (if
> > no one wants to defend status quo now).
>
> Cool, thanks for having a look ...
>
> > And Christoph, you're right, the menu is in a bit of disarray. I think
> > at least part of what is causing this is the position of "Select All
> > Sheets".
> > This is a proposal how it of a structure that might be better:
> > -----------------------
> > Insert sheet...
> > Delete sheet...
> > Rename sheet...
> > Change Tab Color...
> > Protect Sheet...
> > Sheet events...
> > -----------------------
> > Select all sheets
> > -----------------------
> > Cut
> > Copy
> > Paste
> > -----------------------
> >
> > Basically, it's sorted like this:
> > # sheet-specific events (I know "insert" is not really specific to
> > this particular sheet): first the basics, then customisation
> > # one all-sheets event
> > # finally: Cut/Copy/Paste, as usual in LibO.
> > And note that I've changed the tab colour entry to include a verb
> > (because most of the other entries already include one).
>
> Thanks for the proposal and the thoughts you've put into it ... please
> allow a few remarks.
>
> In the context menus I've created, I tried to move "Delete" to a
> separate position, either by moving it to the top/bottom, or by
> separating it via separator lines. My rationale was to avoid unintended
> deletion if the user wanted to click on one of the surrounding elements
> used more often ... on the other hand, we force the user to confirm the
> deletion of a sheet (I don't know why: undo not working, deletion
> feedback not available...). So I agree to your proposal, since
> Insert/Delete belong together as well.
>
> Good thoughts about the verbs, mmh, "Sheet events..." is the same ... In
> this special case, I would say that "Tab Color..." might be grasped
> faster, since "Change" is something rather generic.
>
> Finally, the Cut/Copy/Paste should be made the top entries in the long
> run - for all context menus.
>
> And for the reasons of completeness, we need title capitalization.
>
> So my proposal:
> -----------------------
> >     Insert Sheet...
> >     Delete Sheet...
> >     Rename Sheet...
> >     Tab Color...
> > [x] Protect Sheet...
> >     Sheet Events...
> > -----------------------
> >     Select All Sheets
> > -----------------------
> >     Cut
> >     Copy
> >     Paste
> > -----------------------
>
> Finally, don't you also think that the menu item behavior of "Tools >
> Protect Document > [x] Sheet... " is a bit strange. Nothing to change
> now, but checkbox plus dialog is weird.
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
>
I opened bug

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41478

and I submitted a patch to get Chris Noak suggested menu order plus the new
command "Protect Sheets..."

Thanks all for the help
-- 
Olivier Hallot
Founder and Steering Commitee Member
The Document Foundation
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