Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Feb-15

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: John, Cor, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, John, Pedro, Rafael

Tickets/Topics

  * Styles Preview should be able to show a grid of list
    styles (Tabbed UI)
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153525
    + a "More..." button could open the Stylist in the
      sidebar (Stuart, Heiko)
    + could be a small expander button on the lower right edge (Cor)
    + strong support for a Tabbed NB in general and completely
      implemented features in particular (John, Pedro, Rafael)
    + take the full space is easy to achieve, expanding into a list
      might a bit more difficult
    => do it

  * Most bundled page styles are nonsensical and/or redundant
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153534
    + every single page style has a use case (Cor)
    + never had any problems with the list of page styles (John)
    + the (small) list can also be filtered (Heiko)
    => resolve WF/NAB

  * Style organizer's "Next style"'s function not clear to user
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153600
    + label and help is clear (John)
    + labeling it "Next paragraph style" adds no information and
      it's reasonably clear what the dialog/label is talking
      about (Cor)
    => resolve WF/NAB

  * Editing:- Feature Request "go to - special" feature needed
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149933
    + introduce function to search for special content like blanks,
      constants etc. sounds like a good idea (Cor)
    + would be a comfortable shortcut for many searches (Heiko)
    + alternatively we could have a special entry in the sidebar
      + would be inconsistent as blank evaluates data while the
        existing Navigator options detect model content (Cor)
    => do it

  * Change "heading level" to "outline level"
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152605
      + see comment 14 for (tentatively accepted) proposal
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153499
      + use index level for index entry outlines
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153596
      + see also ToC dialog
    => consistency in naming is good, go for it

  * Permit "No User Input" as a data validation which would then
    permit filter sorting
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149497
    + reasonable request
    + (Standard/Auto-) Filter work on protected sheets
    + Sorting should work too, at least optional (Cor)
    + afraid of data integrity issues aka references to a certain
      cell that changes after sorting (Heiko)
    + option should not be at data validation but at the
      protect sheet dialog among the other exceptions (Heiko)
      + has the drawback that it applies to the whole sheet (Cor)
    => allow users to permit sorting

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Dr. Heiko Tietze, UX-Designer and UX-Mentor
Tel: +49 30 5557992-63 | Mail: heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org
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