Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-May-16

[Heiko Tietze]

Present:  Rafael, Sahil, Cor, Heiko, Hossein
Comments: Stuart, Eyal, Ady

Tickets/Topics

  * Add .uno:VRuler button to NB Tabbed/Tabbed Compact cutomize View list
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160694
    + use main menu (Stuart)
    + suggest to split uno:Rulers into VRuler and HRuler and make the two
      individual settings in tools > options > view as well as a dropdown
      with both options in the tabbed NB (and the classic UI) (Rafael, Hossein)
     + If you click on the button, it enable/disable both. But it you choose 
dropdown, you should be able to select horizontal/vertical separately and 
check/uncheck them.
    + vertical ruler are rather a frequently changed option and don't deserve
      a main spot on the UI (Heiko)
    => majority for the dropdown solution

  * Quickfind sidebar: Make the sidebar the default for ctrl+F
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160544
    + not replacement but supplement; unfinished and not appealing (Stuart, Eyal)
    + matter of how the state of the sidebar is preserved after using (Cor)
    + option to switch makes sense (Rafael, Cor)
    + unfinished, at least accessibility needs improvements (Rafael)
    => add the option but leave the current quickfind as default

  * Allow choosing the page style from the sheets tab
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160920
    + simplifying not needed as this is an expert workflow (Stuart)
    + page style can be changed via status bar > page style dialog (Ady)
      + but not picked, which is the case in Writer (right click on status bar) 
(Cor)
    + Writer lists the available PgS per right click on the SB and allows
      to pick one; makes sense to add in Calc too (Rafael)
      + easy hackable (Sahil)
      + willing to look into this one (Cor)
    => do it

  * Right clicking on selected text unselects it if the cursor is on a
    misspelled word
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98902
    + same workflow as LibO in MS Word (Hossein)
    + suggested selection of the misspelled word is superior (Hossein)
    + drawback is that we cannot check phrases anymore, or can we? (Heiko)
    + maybe ctrl + right click for spell checking (Sahil)
    + bug reporter was unhappy with Impress, which is wrong and
      WF (Rafael, Hossein)
    + but rather unhappy about the inconsistency, which is an issue (Sahil)
    + to remove the selection might be "surprising" to users and we could add
      some additional overlay color as MSO does (grey for select + red on hover
      for spellcheck issue) (Hossein)
    => needsDevAdvice
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