[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2021-Aug-26

Present: Mike, Cor, Heiko
Comments: Roman, Adolfo

Tickets/Topics

 * Rename sort criteria to "A column" for quick access per keyboard
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140290
   + have the column character first like "A Column"
     + -1 (Roman)
     + very custom solution (Adolfo)
   + maybe per static label in front of the column (Heiko)
     + sounds reasonable (Mike)
     + has also the advantage of a mnemonic (alt+C<olumn>) activates
       the associated dropdown
   + alternatively ignore "Column" or "Row" on keypress (Mike)
     + some effort to implement and less elegant than the static label
   => do it

 * Border formatting in Impress and Writer Tables does not consider
   the selected Border Color
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142541
   + color pickers are not context sensitive to apply a setting at
     various places; solution could be to make it sensitive and achieve
     the apply-at-many-places workflow via the double-click sticky mode
     + not really obvious how it works then
   + why? (Mike); it should be possible to consider what color is set in
     the picker in this particular case
     + should take into account the other border attributes too (Mike)
   + likely/hopefully not affecting the usual workflow (Heiko)
   => do it

 * PDF: Export with option Selection does not allow to export slides that
   are part of Custom Slide Show
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143283
   + another option at the print/export dialogs or one more button at
     the custom slide show dialog, or WF?
   + both solutions are feasible and good (Mike, Cor)
   + solution should allow to export other formats in future too, eg. SVG
   + custom slide show can have inverted order and repeated slides, which needs
     to be taken into account, eg. slide# 4,2,4 (Cor)
     + works when entered as this into the export dialog (Heiko)
   + we could also auto-select the slides and export this but bug 79262
     requests export of selected slides per "Selection"
     + selection works on the current slide only; combination of inside the
       current slide plus another one on the slide pane doesn't work
     + slide sorter view mode could provide the selection export thing
     + user expect the selection from where print/export is started
       (meaning focused) (Heiko)
       + but focus is lost with the menu interaction; and not perfectly clear
         for the user (Mike)
       + would suggest an (dropdown) option at "Selection" (Mike)
   + advantage of automatically inserting the numbers at "Slides" in the
     print dialog allows to modify it (Heiko)
   + in favor of another option in the print dialog as it is better
     to understand by the users (Mike, Cor)
   + Bug 40163 complains that a selection means to just hide all other elements
     but to export the full slide
     + If someone needs a single object, other export options are available.
       + after all an object in PDF needs a page to stand on
       + so the behavior makes actually sense (Cor)
   => bug 143283: add another radiobutton in the dialogs with a dropdown to
      pick the right slideshow
   => bug 79262: add dropdown at Selection with "Objects on Slide" and "Selected
      Slides"
   => bug 40163: resolve WF/NAB


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