[Bug 163809] Selecting Embossed/Engraved disables Outline and Shadow - but doesn't uncheck them

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Sun Nov 10 14:57:34 UTC 2024


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163809

--- Comment #8 from Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #7)
> (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #6)
> > No it's not, it's disabled.
> 
> There is no such thing as a "disabled outline". When rendering text, it
> either has an outline, or it doesn't; it can't have a "disabled outline".
> Outline is a feature of non-embossed and non-engraved text. At least -
> that's how things stand now w.r.t. LO behavior.
> 
> If you believe it's important for the state of outline to be persisted for
> when the user switches back - I might not object to that, but you could
> still not show it as a checked boxed in the UI. You could hide the entire UI
> for Outline; or alternatively, display something other than a check box
> (perhaps there's a third, null state?) I would not oppose that I suppose.
> But not the current state of affairs.

Sure, but there are such things as an option vs. a disabled option. What you
are proposing will have an effect on potentially hundreds of locations in the
UI. That's why this needs research and discussion.

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