[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 140684] drop-down list "gutter position" is unsuitable UI

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140684

Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> changed:

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--- Comment #10 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> ---
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #0)
> My proposal is, to remove the drop-down list at all:
> a) There are currently not plans to implement "Top" as page style property
> (request bug 140570).
Would just hide the control.

> b) Instead of introducing a separate item "Right" that users can use in RTL
> context (request 140568) and would require a drop-down list, it would be
> possible to automatically detect the "binding edge" from writing mode and
> page layout.
Automatic detection is great but we should still allow unusual bindings,
meaning right for LTR. I'd use radio buttons "Gutter position: (o) left ( )
right" where the default is defined by the document language.

> c) It would automatically solve bug 140561.
> 
> Instead of the drop-down list add a checkbox with label: "Apply gutter space
> to top of pages throughout the document." The part "throughout the document"
> makes it clear to the user, that this is not a setting for an individual
> page style but for the entire document.

Don't get the checkbox. With background knowledge "throughout the document"
might remind you that it's not a page style attribute. But how should an
ordinary user understand it? An alternative would be to set-up the gutter at
the document properties.


Side note: Changing the gutter to top at the Landscape page style makes all
text disappear in master and v7.2.

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