[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 83026] Sidebar should open on the left side in accordance with the GNOME HIG

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83026

Jay Philips <philipz85 at hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Jay Philips <philipz85 at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Regardless of the GNOME HIG recommendation, could also make the argument
> that with the Start Center menu as implemented aligned left, that moving the
> SideBar to the left alignment would simply make for a more consistent UI.

Well with the new start center, the priority is about a user clicking the file
thumbnails, so the icon alignment had to be moved to somewhere when previously
they were all in the center. I personally would have preferred the icons being
on the bottom. :)

(In reply to comment #2)
> I am pretty sure that the user does not want Gnome HIG decides for him how
> to arrange his workspace and if the sidebar should be on the left or on the
> right. It is clear for me that the user must be free to dock the sidebar on
> the side he wants.

By default, Word 2013 opens the navigation panel is on the left, but you have
the option to move it to be floating or to the right, so giving the user the
choice is always the best way to go.

> In my daily work, I prefer to have the sidebar on the right side in Writer
> because, with this layout, the right end of the text is near the screen
> center and has a better visibility. Indeed the content of the document is
> more important than the sidebar, so it is the text that must have the better
> part of the screen.

It would be my preference to have the sidebar on the right side as well, as the
scroll bar is on the right and i use the mouse with my right hand, which
results in the mouse pointer always being more on the right side.

> In Calc I dock the sidebar on the right side too, because it is closed most
> of the time and, when I open it, that does not move the table on the screen.

Yep that is another point of why i keep in on the right. :)

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