[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 147326] UI: "augmented reality" hovering mode (immediate display of underlying formulas etc.)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147326

--- Comment #6 from Robert Lacroix <ralacroix at hydro.mb.ca> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #5)
> In a nutshell: you want to "copy", actually just remember the content of a
> cell and temporarily "paste" somewhere else to see how the function works.
> Correct?

No, not at all. My description of the implementation may be clouding your
understanding.

This mode is a very fast way for the user to review the pattern of cell
references in a lot cells. The action is very fast. A user can swipe across a
group of cells in a fraction of a second, following the pointer and seeing the
pattern of coloured cell reference outlines moving along with the pointer, so
that the user can decide whether a cell reference outline looks out of place.

As the user slides the pointer around in hover mode, the input line displays
the formula from the cell under the pointer. The cell itself is not showing its
formula in the cell, as this may hide some of the coloured cell reference
outlines and it visually clutters the sheet under the pointer.

The input line is not the user's primary focus unless the user decides to
linger over a cell and look at the formula in the input line. Instead the user
visually follows the pointer and relies on a wider field of vision to see the
pattern of cell references as the pointer moves.

If the user chooses to focus at the input line while moving the pointer, the
user sees references changing rapidly, but there is little certainty that the
user is passing over the desired cells because the user is not following the
exact position of the pointer. The user may be monitoring the changing cell
address to the left of the input line while moving the pointer and looking at
the input line, but in principle a user can focus on only one thing at a time -
unless the user is a chameleon.

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