[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Hiding/Showing the page breaks in writer

[Cedric Bosdonnat]

Hi Christoph,

On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 23:18 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:
> Cedric, I hope you're enjoying the hackweek (if you're still there),
> please don't forget to sleep (especially if you're at home again).

Don't worry, I'm still sleeping ;)

> Am Dienstag, den 27.09.2011, 09:45 +0200 schrieb Cedric Bosdonnat:
> > Hi Christoph,
> > 
> > On Sat, 2011-09-24 at 15:14 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:
> > > just checked the recent daily build ... some issues I've noticed when
> > > playing around:
> > >       * the indicator line is wider than the page (on the right side,
> > >         for LTR) ... that looks a bit strange when zooming or working in
> > >         book layout. Could you set the size according the page width?
> > 
> > Yep, but insert a note in one of the pages... you'll see that we
> > certainly want to find a compromise with that too ;)
> 
> Mmh, maybe I wasn't clear here? If I insert a note/comment, everything
> works fine and the length of your page break line is extended
> (correctly). It is just a bit wide like ... (below, its wider than the
> page).
> 
>         br>------------------------------------------
>             +------------------------------------+
>             |                                    |
>             |                                    |

With some more width computations, I should get the right side of the
page easily.

BTw, while writing that, I just realized that we may want to have the
buttons on the opposite side for RTL text... (header/footers as well).

> > >       * When I added a header, the cursor (among with the page) jumped
> > >         upwards. The area left and right to the pages weren't re-drawn,
> > >         so parts of the page break indicators were visible. Clicking on
> > >         them made them disappear.
> > 
> > Ok, I'll check that, there may be some redraw problems since I changed
> > that a lot.
> 
> Cool, thanks!

I also found a bug and a crash when undoing a page break... I'll need to
fix that after hackweek.

> > > One last thing ... I don't know whether the button itself is a bit large
> > > (good for the button handling, but visually it might be a bit strong ...
> > > thinking about going towards a 16x16 icon).
> > > @ Astron: What do you think?
> > 
> > I hesitated quite a long time on that... so your input there is highly
> > appreciated.
> 
> Phew, I don't have the "oh so great" solution at the moment, but I
> played a bit with some ideas:
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7HmsuAXxc8BJeGdELeqsUg?feat=directlink
> 
> In my personal view, #3 fits best - although stuff like brightness and
> details (for the icon) and refinement (like decision on rounded edges)
> is missing yet. But, I think that it fits well to the notes and the
> header/footer indicators.

I personally like the round edges... but that's a matter of taste. The
control width, icon and arrow position seem more well balanced in your
#3 idea than on my implementation. Could you please give me the widths /
heights / positions you used?

I also made a quick revert of the page break color change yesterday
evening... but I find the colors used for the header/footer is too
similar while staying quite different: I'm not sure it's really
aesthetic.

-- 
Cédric Bosdonnat
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OOo Eclipse Integration developer
http://cedric.bosdonnat.free.fr