[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Default Styles in Writer

[Samuel Mehrbrodt]

 > And - being at the HackFest in Munich, I've just managed to get the
 > previews of the styles working:

Hey, that's really nice and a great improvement. I like that.

 > If you come up with a list of styles to have there by default here on
 > the list, I'll change that accordingly.

My suggestion was to remove "Default" and add "Title", "Subtitle" and 
now I would also suggest to add "Quotation" to the list of default 
styles. Maybe this is a discussion for the Design team?

Enjoy the HackFest!
Samuel

Am 24.11.2012 22:31, schrieb Jan Holesovsky:
> Hi Cor,
>
> Cor Nouws píše v Pá 23. 11. 2012 v 18:07 +0100:
>
>>> [..]
>>> Reasons:
>>> * "Text body" is the same as "Default Style", except that it has a
>>> margin at the bottom, so I would suggest to remove "Default Style" from
>>> the list.
>>
>> This is not true.
>> Nearly all styles inherit from Default Style.
>> And much less do so from Text Body.
>>
>> I support the idea to have people use text Body in stead of Default
>> Style ....
>> However, people are used taking Default (Style), will get confused.
>> Also a clean new document and many existing documents (and other
>> applications) show Default Style...
>
> I've changed the indifferent word "Default" there to "Default
> Style" [which is much more descriptive] just recently - I think the last
> week - so I guess no real damage if we remove it from the preselected
> list, and have just Text Body there.
>
>> Technically however: as a style is used in the document, it is shown in
>> the list Apply Style.
>> So removing Default Style will only be possible if you change the
>> default New document :-)
>
> The preselection works a bit differently - it is hardcoded, so I can
> change in the code what appears in the UI when the new document is open.
>
>> What do others think?
>
> If you come up with a list of styles to have there by default here on
> the list, I'll change that accordingly.
>
> And - being at the HackFest in Munich, I've just managed to get the
> previews of the styles working:
>
> http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~kendy/blog/archives/permalinks/2012-11-24T21_03_58.html
>
> Feels much better this way :-) - I hope OK for you?
>
> All the best,
> Kendy
>