[Bug 153991] Sidebar panel character deck/tab doesn't allow switching language groups

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153991

--- Comment #2 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
> -1 to bloat the sidebar. It should be kept as clean and easy to access as
> possible. 

No it shouldn't. We already have the formatting toolbar, which limits us to
only a few controls and only for the current language group.

The sidebar has more, as well it should. And we should be able to change the
character style at the cursor position, including the choices of other LG than
the nearby character's. Suppose I want to write a word in German in a paragraph
that is otherwise Arabic. How will I choose the typeface and size for it? With
the current approach (and assuming I don't use the menus), I need to type it,
then select it, then format it. This is a hassle, and is not even so easy with
the conflicting directions of the stretches of text.

Anyway, it can be be made less prominent than a full-fledged drop-down box,
e.g. some kind of mini control on the top bar of Character (maybe like the
language selection on the Linux/Windows panel), near the gear wheel; or a
narrow icon before the typeface combo box. etc.

> I'd expect the RTL/CJK attributes to be shown depending on the
> text, which is actually the fact.

This argument cannot be made before bug 148257 is resolved, as otherwise, one
cannot set the language (nor language group) of text in LibreOffice. And the
same piece of text may change its language due to typing or deletion of _other_
characters, nearby. Specifically, think of numbers and punctuation marks.

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