Re: [libreoffice-design] [UX] Styles and Formatting window mock-up

Hi, Octavio,

thanks!
Below some answers:

Em 30-05-2011 04:22, Octavio Alvarez escreveu:
> My comments:
>
> I think "Apply direct formatting to this style" will be a source of 
> trouble and confusion. How about adding a "d" or some icon at the 
> leftmost part of each style name if it has this checkbox enabled? (I 
> am not saying you should remove the checkbox). Something like:
>
> | + Heading        d |
> |    Heading1        |
> |    Heading2        |
Great idea! This would allow one to know with just one look which styles 
have direct formatting auto-apply on, and which don't.
> > - direct access to "style properties dialog";
> I didn't find that, what icon was that?
That would be the + (plus) sign on the left of each style name. I wasn't 
so sure this would be easy to deduce, seems it's not :-) Maybe another 
icon or sign, not really sure. Beside the preview there's also a button 
with the + sign, it does the same.
> - list of applied styles (indicating whether they're actual styles, 
> and the type of them, or direct formatting, in which case there's a 
> thorough list of formatting applied, and a button to reset (same as 
> Ctrl+M);
>
> I liked that.
I believe this could be extended in the future, allowing some formatting 
or choosing inside the list (much in the line proposed by Astron here: 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Organizer-rdsgn.png). But for 
now I would stick to this plain list with the Reset option only.
> > - preview!
> Am I correct to assume the sample format in the middle part belongs to 
> the style, and not the current position?
You are correct indeed ;-) Only the inspector refers to current position.
> I would like to have buttons to hide the preview and the formatting 
> inspector.
This would be good indeed. Always make customizable! I don't know how 
the graphic toolkit would handle this, though, I don't really know how 
it works. I'll add a button (which could hide to show only on mouseover) 
just to signalize the idea.
> Also, what does the checkbox mean on the "Direct formatting: " part at 
> the bottom? Considering you already have a Reset button, what happens 
> if you check/uncheck the box? (I was thinking I'd drop it.)
We could drop that. Keep it simple. Later on, we could add some options 
to deactivate a style, temporarily visualize without some style or 
without the direct formatting before actually removing the style or 
hitting Reset button. But this would mean change the other lines as well 
(like permitting a drop-down, so we could change from "emphasis" to 
"strong emphasis" from inside the inspector). I guess this all could 
come in a later time (if needed at all).
> Best regards!
Cheers!

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