Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-May-21

[Heiko Tietze]

Present: Eyal, Sahil, John, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Mike, Franklin, Miguel, Eike

Tickets/Topics

  * NB Tabbed UI does not provide onmouseover action appearance when
    hovering, implement native MS Ribbon Framework UI behavior
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166456
    + Notebookbar is not a replacement for Ribbons (Stuart)
    + unclear use case, unclear feature (Heiko)
    + MSO does not have a hover interaction (Eyal), maybe
      tooltips? (John)
    + to open a tab without clicking it (Sahil)
      + would be an awkward interaction as a result of accidental
        movements (Heiko, John)
    + implement native Ribbon behavior? (Eyal)
      + we do not replicate Microsoft controls (Heiko)
    => resolve INS

  * multiple columns in a paragraph cannot be reverted back to one
    single column
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166560
    + rare situation (Mike)
    + with a selection the number of columns is 1 unlike without
      any selection; this is a bug (Eyal)
      + the trick is to go via Format > Column, using Edit Section >
        Columns... works well (Heiko)
    => ordinary bug

  * formatting date as dd.mm.yyyy instead of dd.mm.yy as default as
    an option
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166555
    + support the request (Franklin, Miguel)
    + if the workflow requires  to insert date repeatedly the
      need to always change the format becomes annoying (Heiko)
    + may change the display string in existing documents (Eike)
    + unclear scope, ie. only German and if all four variants (Heiko)
    + could be an option; ideally some kind of favorite flag in the
      Edit Fields dialog (Eyal)
    => comment

  * The Find Toolbar must be customizable to have all options from
    the Sidebar Find deck
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166062
    + want to have all options in the toolbar (Eyal)
    + sidebar done for bug 95405 with remaining issues in bug 161449
    + missing regex bug 119200, all sheets bug 98270, align defaults
      bug 145292, entire cell bug 133833 - all resolved WF
    + additional controls could be hidden by default (Eyal)
    + one menu button similar to the sidebar options keeps the toolbar
      clean and simple and is also acceptable (Heiko)
    + broadly support Eyal (John)
      + vice versa (Eyal)
    => comment
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