Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Mar-01

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: John, Cor, Heiko
Comments: Ilmari, Stuart, Adolfo, Ady, Stephane

Tickets/Topics

  * Emphasize the entry the mouse pointer is over in the Writer
    Navigator content tree
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152775
    + question is not whether to highlight the content in the document
      but to draw the tree node in bold (Ilmari)
    + no reason, no use case, WF (Heiko)
    + unclear whether the boldness requires the node to be clicked (Cor)
      + if so, it would be inconsistent with hoover = highlight feature
    => comment and ask for a use case

  * Rename "Chapter -> Heading" and "E# -> H#" in Entries tab of
    Insert Table of Contents, Index, Bibliography dialog
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153561
    + naming of entries (E) and headings (E#) is confusing, change to H#?
    + see also bug 153712 for CI => HI and bug 148597 for captions
    + changing C to H should be consistent over all kind of indices (Cor)
    => go ahead

  * Calc 7.5 tiny formula bar font for japanese
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153727
    + allow changing the font size or all font attributes?
    + see also https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88141
    + see comment 17 for options
    + WFM (Stuart)
    + follow the cell format d) (Adolfo)
      + would result in terrible jumping UI (Ady)
    + duplicate of 88141 and valid (Cor)
      + prefer a generic option, b) from the list (Cor, Stuart)
    + prefer a dedicated solution aka f), meaning a special place for
      long text or showing per tooltip (Heiko)
    + variant c), some kind of zoom feature on the formula bar eg. ctrl+wheel,
      would be hard to figure out and lacks on feedback (Heiko)
    + following the document zoom factor aka e) is acceptable, however (Heiko)
      + has been removed for bug 127066 (Stuart)
    + remember to keep the UI simple (John)
    => make a dup and comment on 88141

  * Support/default to a non-white page background in Dark Mode
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153334
    + duplicate of bug 152184 (Stephane)
      + convincing argument is to use the night shift and expect the app
        colors to follow (Heiko)
    + ditch the ability to create own AC (Heiko)
      + switching between two color sets require it to be available
        but the current implementation allows to have any number and name;
        you cannot trust in these user-defined sets; making it a hard-coded
        is the only way to ensure two colors per item are available
    + simplification is desirable, just a switch for light/dark (John)
    + people use the color scheme customization option (Cor)
    + suggest to trust in the predefined scheme names and if there is
      no "LibreOffice Dark" scheme a warning would be shown (Cor)
    => comment

  * Groupedbar Compact UI : missing "columns..." entry of the
    "format" menu of the menu bar
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151430
    + add Format > Columns / .uno:FormatColumns to the UI or the menus
    + adding items should be balanced with the need, add only if crucial
      for the work (John)
    + add to the Insert menu (Heiko, Cor)
    => do it
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