Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Jan-15

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Vivek, Eyal, Sahil, John, Heiko
Comments: Bogdan, Stuart, Oliver, Mike

Tickets/Topics

  * Remove context-menu option for deleting all comments
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164586
    + same for ctrl+a + del or delete table (Bogdan)
    + undo is a click away (Heiko)
    + Delete All Comments is easier to reach than the examples (Eyal)
    + however, deleting all comments has an obvious effect (Eyal)
    + generic confirmation that can be customized by user (Sahil)
    + move delete* into a submenu (Eyal)
    + go with a confirmation dialog but add a checkbox "[x] Do show
      again"; would be only a solution if the use case is accepted (Heiko)
    + ask the OP for a scenario where this has happened (Eyal)
    => do this

  * Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard: window lacks "Apply"-button
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164458
    + rather fix duplicate bug 16444 (Heiko)
    + another "Apply" button occupies a lot of space and would be
      weird anyway since one needs to click it before changing
      the scope option (Heiko)
    + see also tickets: Bug 66298 and/or Bug 115021
    + why not apply immediately (Eyal)
    + other dialogs with okay/reset etc. don't do it (Sahil)
    + accept the inconsistency until the dialog receives a revamp (Heiko)
    + changes at the toolbar section are applied immediately (Eyal)
    => do it immediately

  * Add a Global Default Zoom Setting for All Documents
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163979
    + unclear use case (Heiko), maybe a11y (Stuart)
    + unclear how a default would come into play with the last
      zoom level and the document zoom (Heiko)
    + a11y solutions are done on the OS level, eg. Scale (Heiko)
    + makes no sense to have one zoom across modules (Oliver)
    => resolve WF

  * [META] RTL, CTL, CJK users are failing to enable full RTL-CTL/CJK support
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164250
    + unclear scenario (Mike)
    + new installation/user wont know about Tools > Options > Languages >
      CTL/CJK and miss some support for their language (Eyal)
    + changing the locale affects the CTL/CJK option below (Heiko)
    + we should provide a first-start dialog with the most relevant
      options (John)
    + possible solutions: enable CTL/CJK by default, heuristics during
      installation what to switch on, infobar on first time RTL content
      is being entered, first-start/install advertisement
    + tip of the day (Heiko); rejected (Eyal)
    + guided tour of the UI showing goodies and allowing to pick options (Sahil)
    + META-tickets cannot be solved per se (Heiko)
  * Actively suggest enabling RTL/CTL (resp. CJK) when first editing
    RTL/CTL (resp. CJK) content
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164571
    => comment here

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