Re: [libreoffice-design] Questions about "style" name

Hi Octavio, Ricardo, all!

Am Mittwoch, den 27.04.2011, 10:20 -0700 schrieb Octavio Alvarez:
> On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:35:08 -0700, RGB ES <rgb.mldc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, we still have our great Navigator redesign... :lol:
> > But seriously, yes, we need to make styles more friendly.
> > And we need to also consider character styles: they are even more
> > difficult to explain, specially because there is no indicator on the
> > user interface to show if there is any applied on the text. I think we
> > need a style selector/status bar: something like this:
> > https://sites.google.com/site/rgbmldcwriterideas/style-selector-status.png
>
> If you go to the Character Styles list (or Paragraph, or any other) in the
> Styles and Formatting window, the list will always select the style that is
> applied to the current position.
>
> I don't say it is the best way, simply that there is a way.

I like the idea by Octavio ... the core thoughts might help some people
if they try to understand why this / that documents behaves that way.
But - just a gut feeling - the combination of choosing and checking
styles might lead to less usability for the "normal style selection". So
might a detailed "Formatting Inspection" some idea (e.g. being an
extension)?

Here is what Microsoft did - and to quote "I don't say it is the best
way, simply that there is a way." :-)
http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_the_style_inspector.html

Cheers,
Christoph


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