[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Writer Styles Drop-Down problem

[Christoph Noack]

Hi all!

I did not try the feature yet, but may there be similar cases where the
name of the style is unreadable? For example, if the style defines
"128pt" font size - what will happen in the dropdown?

Am Mittwoch, den 19.12.2012, 10:08 +0100 schrieb Stefan Knorr:
> Hi Mirek, Kendy, all,
> 
> On Fri, 2012-12-14 at 20:24 +0100, Mirek M. wrote:
> > I would opt for changing the background, but instead of black, how about a
> > shade of gray.
> > Here's how I would imagine it: http://ubuntuone.com/4qCSsk66C8mFTSbXFX4NOF .

[...]

> I am not really sure this is the best idea here, because it only looks a
> bit different than a normal black background. Additionally, the rounded
> outline doesn't really work well together with the square selection.
> 
> Another idea I had was to not change anything about the style itself,
> but just add a "warning" triangle ( /!\ ) or some other icon on the
> right side that would say "this style might be unreadable". What do you
> think?

My proposal: If a style's name is unreadable (for whatever reason), then
the style's name could be written on a small label on the style preview.
See the attached image.

Details:
      * The background element is connected to the left side of the
        dropdown, to avoid the impression that this is the style
        preview.
      * If the style is selected, and the style name might then be
        readable, then the label might be removed.
      * If the label still confuses users, then a small (info) icon
        could be added (see attached image v2). But to me, it adds too
        much visual noise ...
      * It works with any kind of non-readable previews (font color,
        font size, ...) and any kind of preview (font, patterns, ...).
      * I did not use any checkboard pattern for the background (like in
        graphics software), since I assume that those patterns are
        rarely known for office users. Although people would then see
        "some" parts of Heading 2, users will know after applying the
        style.

By the way, if such a label gets used, then it might be a good idea to
check where it can be used as well - to avoid too much inconsistency
within LibO.

Cheers,
Christoph
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