Re: [libreoffice-design] Zoom Levels

Hi Stefan, Sean,

At 09:38 4-1-2012, Stefan Knorr (Astron) wrote:
> Hi Sean,
> On 4 January 2012 01:19, Sean White <runicpaladin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a chance that we can turn the Zoom dialogue into a submenu. I
> > personally get a little annoyed when I create a new document in writer and
> > then have to open a new dialogue to change the zoom from normal to 'fit
> > width', as is my preference, but more than that is the fact that the
> > dialogue is rather unnecessary with the three 'view layout' 
> options catered
> > for down in the status bar and thus the only real need is to change the
> > zoom levels which could be achieved more efficiently with an ordinary
> > submenu.
>
> You don't need to open the Zoom dialogue, instead you can 
> right-click on the percentage in the status bar to get a menu where 
> can select any of these options. You can also double-click the 
> percentage to get to the dialogue instead. Obviously, you didn't see 
> that and neither did I (I think I was at some point explicitly 
> pointed there). So, despite the functionality being there, we do 
> have a problem. Are you interested in turning the problem into a spec?

If you can use a pointing device, using the status bar is sufficient, 
but the status bar cannot be reached via the keyboard (as far as I 
know), so keyboard users always need to go through the menus.

Best regards,

Christophe


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