[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 128469] PARAGRAPH STYLE DIALOG: "Reset" and "Standard" buttons: confusing names

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128469

--- Comment #15 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
Not finding documentation in the help, and before finding this bug, I made some
experiments to figure out how "reset" and "standard" might work. 

Based on that experience, plus reading the discussion, here are a few comments.

1. Use-case for Reset:  Because there is a preview function in the side bar, it
is quite practical to (for example) change the font in the default style and
see the effects in the different styles.  And still be able to "reset" back to
where you started (without having to close and reopen the window).

2.  Note that LO Writer 6.0 Guide (p. 192) says:

"If you want to reset the properties of a child style to that of the parent
style, click the Standard button located at the bottom of each Paragraph and
Character style dialog."

(I could not see that the guide discussed the "reset" button, but maybe this
sentence shows a "natural" expectation that "Standard" resets -- which suggests
a value in not using both "reset" and "standard" -- or a need to change the
Guide.)

3.  "Undo" is not such a bad alternative for "reset"  for it functions like a
Ctrl-Z  (or users will just have to learn what "reset" does -- if is gets
documented.)

4.  About "Standard" vs. "Use Parent" 

>From a user perspective, I would propose:  use "Standard" if it means "the
setting goes back to the "factory setting" (i.e, the way a fresh LO
installation would have it.)  

But if the user can change the setting of the "parent" style (if I have
understood the implications of comment #10, then I would propose "revert to
parent" (or if too long, then "Use Parent" might be ok)

5.  As pointed out in comment #13, these buttons appear for all the tabs in the
dialog box.  I have not tested them, but would they apply only to settings in a
tab?  or to all the settings across all the tabs?  This might also be relevant
in the documentation.

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