Re: [libreoffice-design] Option for gridline display in Calc (fdo#30800)

Hi,

personally, I would love to see some intelligent algorithm that can
discern whether users need this behaviour or not. For instance,
detecting, if a high-contrast colour scheme is in use, but I heard
that LibO currently is not too good at detecting a high-contrast
colour schemes.

> - we can have this in tools - options - Calc - View
>   but this tab page is already crowded .. so I would not prefer

Is it an option to remove the combo box for selecting the grid colour
(burying that instead under LibreOffice > Appearance) [1] and
replacing it by a sub-check box like:
– "[X] can be overridden by document" (default: enabled) or
– "[ ] on colored background" (default: disabled)?

> - we can have it at tools - options - Calc - Compatibility
>   We might have some "Display" option here and switch between
>   "Default" and "OOo legazy" or "Excel" or whatever.
>   I'd prefere this one, as even more visualization options could
>   be bound to this. But this needs proper wording.

I'm unsure about this, the page is definitely more spacious currently,
but when trying to find out about a visual aid, this clearly doesn't
seem the first place to look at. You could, as another option, add a
section "Grid" and a check box text like "[X] For compatibility with
Microsoft Excel, hide grid on colored backgrounds". I'd prefer the
first option.


Astron.



[1] I think setting the grid colour is rather useless, once you've got
a got default, for instance a grey that's a bit darker than the
current one or actually setting the colour depending on the user's
theme.

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