Re: [libreoffice-design] Line Spacing Button

At 03:47 18-1-2012, Andrew Pullins wrote:
> Im for the one button being a drop down, iv been wanting this to be one
> button for some time. to me the slider/button with a slider drop down
> sounds like a bad idea.

My main concern is whether new UI widgets are keyboard accessible and 
screen reader accessible. A slider is a bit more complex for a screen 
reader user.

A more general question raised by all those toolbar buttons: how can 
we modify the UI to encourage the correct use of styles (as opposed 
to direct ad-hoc styling)? Does anybody have ideas about that?

Best regards,

Christophe


> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Bhaavan Merchant <
> bhaavanmerchant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So far, in LibreOffice, there are three buttons for line spacing. These are
> > 1, 1.5, and 2.0 . However, I feel that since these are all performing
> > similar task, and will never be used simultaneously, they need to be
> > changed from their button form. Alternatives are, something like a drop
> > down menu (like the one for font size), two-buttoned approach (Increase
> > linespacing and decrease linespacing) or a slider bar which you can adjust
> > to change the line spacing value.
> >
> > In my opinion, the slider menu will be most ideal.
> >
> > However, looking at the negatives, a slider menu occupies more space than
> > buttons. For this, we could instead have a line spacing button, and on
> > click, it reveals a vertical slider which can then be adjusted to set the
> > linespacing.


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