[Bug 160920] Allow choosing the page style from the sheets tab

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160920

--- Comment #11 from ady <adylo811517 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #10)

> > The positive in the status bar: the UI space is already used for Page Style
> > info. This is a negative for the worksheet Tab, where a new non-essential
> I would love to see a broadly accepted and clear definition of
> 'non-essential' in the UI/software?

By non-essential I mean that there are other ways to achieve the same goal.
Having the possibility of selecting a different Page Style, either from the
status bar of from the worksheet Tab could be convenient, but there are other
ways to achieve it. For instance, in the worksheet Tab, the context menu
includes "Move or Copy sheet", which I think it is more relevant in this menu
than the suggested Page Style.

After some time, we can read the opposite reasoning: "your request for this new
UI artifact sounds useful, but that area of the UI already has many items". At
some point, adding items is not as much welcome. Carefully considering which
precise items are really a plus in a certain context menu eventually reduces
the potential unwanted clutter.



> > (but potentially useful) context menu item would be added.
> > 
> > The negative in the status bar: the current info is relevant for the current
> > worksheet only. When selecting multiple worksheets, perhaps with different
> > Page Styles each, there is no indication of the Page Styles in use by the
> > other selected worksheets. In such situation, allowing to select a different
> > Page Style for the multiple-selection of worksheets would impact all the
> > selected worksheets, and it would be easy for users to not notice the
> > multiple change.
> That is not different to what happens when applying a style in the Manage
> Styles pane.
> But honestly I think that users that work with multiple sheets selected, can
> be considered experienced enough to..

Experienced users make mistakes too. By the time users realize the mistake, it
might be too late to undo it.

With the current situation, users can modify the Page Style itself from the
status bar, but ATM it is not possible (from the status bar) to make the
mistake of selecting a different Page Style to "unwanted" worksheets. Since the
status bar can show the Page Style that corresponds to the current worksheet
_only_ (while having multiple worksheets selected), the chance for this
potential mistake increases.

That is not to say that the suggested change is not worth it. I was just
mentioning some UX details that might be relevant in order to choose whether
the suggested context menu (or whichever other UI method) should rather be
located on the status bar or on the worksheet Tab, and perhaps to have
additional details in mind.

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