Re: [libreoffice-design] Minutes from the design meeting 2018-May-30

On 31.05.2018 10:58, Pedro Rosmaninho wrote:
>       * Gridlines on zoom
>        + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117348
>        + different color (dark grey) (Pedro)
>          + available as option (see c15) (Regina)
>        + adjust dot's distance depending on zoom factor (Heiko)
>        + dots should remain a reasonable size and shift in conjunction with zoom (Stuart)
>        => change it similar to dashed line of text boxes; zoom in goes with smaller distance and 
> larger dots
>
> ​Since I was traveling home and couldn't join:
>
> As Regina said, it is possible to change color now (and I changed the color in my instalation) 
> however LO needs sane defaults that make it usable by most people.
> It's a bit silly to keep a default color for the dots with terrible contrast and visibility from 
> the time of Open Office...
> The grid is turned off by default already. Anyone that turns it on, is because it needs to use it 
> as an auxiliary tool. If it's barely visible, because it is Light Gray on White Background then 
> it becomes nearly useless.
> Also the steps to change its color require the user to really dig deep into the options menu. 
> Should we expect that from a novice user or even an intermediate user?

You are the only advocate of a darker color and we agreed in the meeting to keep the light grey. It 
works perfectly at 100% and just needs adjustment for other zoom levels.


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