Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Jun-19

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Sahil, Rafael, Heiko
Comments: Stephane, Stuart, Mike, Miguel, Ady, Eyal, Cor

Tickets/Topics

  * Allow typing a date directly into the ad-hoc field when creating a
    custom date property
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161393
    + allow both entering a date by hand, while switching between
      increasingly large time ranges like decades with the pointer (Stephane)
    + nice idea (Cor)
    + just direct editing with some validation on-the-fly (Rafael, Heiko)
    + date picker with a switch so up/down change the year (Sahil)
    => do it

  * Change any style from a single window
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160735
    + implement an additional view mode 'Picked' (Stuart)
    + unclear request (Mike)
    + "Save as New" next to Reset, Apply..., which does not overwrites
      the currently edited style but creates a new children of it (Heiko)
    + likely detrimental to usability (Mike, Heiko)
    + offer a primary GUI to perform the style management (Stuart)
    + -1, changing styles is easy; mourning heading with
      percentage by default (Cor)
    + Stylist offers drag 'n drop so creating some style and moving it
      below another, which takes the attributes, is easy to do (Heiko)
    + see no obvious improvement in such a feature (Rafael)
    + create a dummy style, move the styles to change into this parent
      and change the property of the parent
    + to create a new children use New from the context menu
    + run into similar trouble with shapes (Rafael)
    + same procedure, create a new parent and move the styles into this
    + but it's moving not copying - we may use an accelerator like
      ctrl+drag to not move but copy
    + changing a style other than the current (and all other interactions)
      should be possible without the Stylist (Sahil)
    + would add a listview to the organizer tab that allows quick changes
      of the currently modified style (and maybe remove the name option
      and have some editing capability on this list) (Sahil)
    => introduce ctrl+drag to copy a style and make the style name a dropdown
      so changing any style is possible without the Stylist

  * Search in both values & formulae
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161364
    + agree (Miguel, Stuart, Sahil)
    + if implemented it should be labeled and working as "Everything" (Ady)
    + while FR distinguishes between Values and Formulas the QFS finds Values;
      OP obviously has not updated for a while
    + QFS should return Everything
    => go for the "Everything" option

  * UI: Hard to tell which side of a shape being used for as reference
    for rotation
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161441
    + rotation on plain shapes don't matter (Eyal)
    + leg/pointer extending in the vertical direction when created (Stuart)
    + reasonable request (Cor)
    + some kind of indicator on top left sounds good (Rafael)
    + flipping horizontally keeps the rotation while vertically changes
      it to 180°
    + a) always visible, b) optionally, c) only when selected, d) only when
      in rotation mode? -> c) (Rafael, Sahil)
    + symbol could be an angle or icon
    + or use a different color for the (green) dot (Rafael)
    + could also be a dedicated rotation "icon" like MSO does (Rafael)
    + show the actual degree of rotation with the cursor (Sahil)
    => idea accepted
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