[Libreoffice-ux-advise] New Layout for Insert Table Dialog

[Samuel Mehrbrodt]

Thanks for the suggestions, I reworked it a bit.

I couldn't get the help button to the far left, maybe you can help me
with that? Also there is no GTK Stock button for "Insert", is "Add" also
good or should I put a custom label?

I have put a bit more space before "Rows". We shouldn't put too much
space there because translations might be longer.

How do you like "Table Styles" instead of "AutoFormat"? Should we rename
it everywhere?

Samuel

Am 21.11.2012 21:42, schrieb Stefan Knorr:
> Hi Samuel,
>
> On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 18:10 +0100, Samuel Mehrbrodt wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have modified the layout and wording of the "Insert Table" Dialog in
>> Writer a bit, see attached screenshot.
> Thanks, looks much nicer than before.
>
>
>> Any suggestions for improvement? I am not sure if the spacing between
>> widgets is correct.
> (See attached mockup. Explanations below. Please note that this is a 5
> minute mockup and some things might not align exactly as they should.)
>
> Yes, you're right, some things look slightly crammed... the Gestalt
> principles say that you should visually group things that belong
> together, so...
>
> * the General and the Options group seem a bit close – not sure if
>    that's a general issue with all the new dialogues, but ~5–10 pixels
>    more distance wouldn't hurt
>
> * It would be good if you could also enforce more space between the
>    Columns text box and the caption "Rows:"
>
> * Also, the hierarchy First Row is a Heading > Repeat Heading[...] >
>    Heading Rows[...] was not quite as clear any more, so I reinforced it
>
> Next, I made some changes to the buttons:
>
> * On new dialogues, we usually put the Help button to the far left
>
> * On new dialogues, we usually try to label buttons with something more
> speaking than OK, in this case, Insert seems a good fit
>
> * Our old dialogues unconditionally use Windows's unholy Primary
>    Button/Secondary Button ordering – if the button order is still
>    unconditional, we should probably keep with the Windows standard to be
>    consistent; thus, I have reordered Insert and Cancel
>
> * I gave the AutoFormat... button some more space and put it on the
>    right – looks better to me
>
> * I am not so sure if we want to keep that obnoxious AutoSomething
>    terminology forever, if you have better ideas and we don't use
>    AutoFormat often in conjunction with tables, do go ahead and change
>    it :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Astron.
>
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