Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Sep-07

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Dieter, Mike, Balazs, Stephane, Maxim

Tickets/Topics

  * Pasting a table cell, pastes the source cell in the upper/actual cell
    as an inner table cell
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149625
    + always put inner tables when cursor is inside the cell (Mike)
    + use modifier key or paste special dialog
    + do not change / WF as such a rare use case does not improve
      with a different workflow (Dieter)
    => resolved NAB/INV meanwhile

  * Not possible to enable table header rows repeat from menubar
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93694
    + command is not frequently used and does not deserve a place
      in the main/context menu (Heiko)
    + Command is used frequently enough to merit reasonable visibility,
      and its toggle aspect (repeat yes/no) at least also merits increased
      visibility (Eyal)
    + adding the command to the table toolbar is not sufficiently visible/
      accessible, people will not notice it as they rarely pay attention
      to the table toolbar, and an icon will not draw their attention (Eyal)
    + adding to the context menu is an acceptable "compensation" for the loss
      of visibility via the menu (Eyal)
    + shorter command label would be good (Heiko, Eyal)
    + start label with an action verb like "Repeat Header Rows"
      + sounds good; and is used on MSO too
    + do the same with .uno:RowSplit and move to the context menu and
      name it "Break Row Across Pages"
    => do it

  * "Fit height to text" is misleading, only regards growing rather
     than shrinking
     + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156939
     + resizing works, if not set manually (Heiko)
     + ... but the box is still never shrunk, only stretched (Eyal)
     + ideally this toggle would make the box both stretch and shrink
       as necessary (Heiko)
     + Unless the functionality is changing very soon, better rename so that
       the label fits the current, rather than the ideal, functionality (Eyal)
     + Suggest "Stretch" instead of "Fit" (Eyal)
     + MSO uses "[ ] Resize shape to fit text" and "[ ] Wrap text in shape"
       + "Resize shape" switches off automatically when the height changes
       + if "Wrap text" is switched off, the box is sized according the
         page width (and text still breaks)
       + if the box is resized from the page width, the "Wrap text" option
         is switched on automatically
     + feature needs to be ODF compliant
   => comment

  * "Fit width to text" shouldn't default to "extend width to fit whole
     paragraph on a single line"
     + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156942
     + should do the same as "Fit height to text" (Heiko)
       + and does - the text box changes depending on the text
         if active; otherwise the text breaks
     + should not grow beyond page/side width (Eyal, Heiko)
     + ... but limitation on growing beyond page/window width is independent
       of the behavior choice in this bug (Eyal)
     + request is to set width, and apply line breaking, so that the paragraph
       fits to the chosen box height; at least as an optional behavior,
       preferably as the default or single behavior (Eyal)
       + not a common functionality and needs to be available in ODF (Heiko)
       + Arranging text in textboxes is an extremely common activity with
         Impress. Also, with the current behavior being unwieldy, using this
         functionality couldn't be common (Eyal)
   =>  comment

  * add toggle to show / hide authorship metadata in popup Calc comments
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156885
    + config key could be added (Balazs)
    + agree with the toggle request meaning show/hide (Eyal)
    + Calc is special regarding comments and should not compared
      with Writer; such a toggle makes sense (Stephane, Ady)
    + show comments in a sidebar tab makes hiding simple (Maxim)
    + function to clear metadata sounds more appropriate than a
      (hidden) config key that disables the feature (Heiko)
    => comment
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