[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2022-Apr-21

Present: Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Thomas, JO3EMC, Andreas, Regina, Mike

Tickets/Topics

 * When merging cells, it is not good that 'Keep the contents of the
   hidden cell' is the default
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147837
   + MSO can read hidden content from merged cells but when applied on MSO365
     it offers only to remove the content
   + no need to change (Roman)
   + hidden content may be a safety, security and privacy issue (JO3EMC)
   + warning/infobar on load (since at save time it's not possible) (Heiko)
     + probably too late (Eyal)
   + current default is convenient (Eyal)
     + maybe the first option, saving into one cell, is the better default
   + better solution might be to show an indicator for hidden content similar
     to the comments (Eyal, Heiko)
   => comment

 * Need ability to search only comments
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148463
   + Ability to pick-and-choose where to search
     + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148464
   + reasonable request but having this flexibility comes on cost of a cluttered
     dialog
   + feature would be needed for several entities such as Comments,
     Footnotes, Text...
   + solution a) is to list all entities similar to attributes and check it
     by default
   + solution b) would be to know where search was started from and allow to
     "[ ] Search only in %1"
   + solution c) is to start the search command with a parameter like
     .uno:Search?where="comment" and allow to restrict the search to this entity
     only
   + b) and c) clutter less, a) is more flexible (but requires a check
     all/none option)
   => comment

 * Give alert for unsaved when sending document in email
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148469
   + turn the logic and ask to save first (Heiko)
   + rather prompt for saving first (even when not needed) but
     with the option to send anyway without saving (Thomas)
   => go for it

 * Poor nomenclature for Manual Break
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148513
   + prefer a simple solution, see comment 8 (Heiko)
   + propose more verbose solution, comment 14 (Seth)
   + consider LTR/RTL and better use Start/End (Eyal)
   + adding a preview thumbnail should be simple (Heiko)
     + good image might be a challenge (Eyal)
   => comment

 * Rework Sparklines's context menus
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148465
   + for cells w/o sparklines, do not list sparkline commands at all (Heiko)
     or at least have only Insert Sparkline at the root level (Eyal)
   + in case of context being a sparkline it's not needed to Insert
     (but to Edit)
   + ideally we show/enable Ungroup only if we have a group and
     vice versa (Eyal)
   + consider the Notebookbars (Andreas)
   => do it

 * Rename "Left page border" and "right page border"...
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148593
 * Rename "page text area top" and "page text area bottom"...
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148591
   + "border" is wrong (Mike)
   + must not use "Margin" nor "Border", maybe "Page region left of
     page content area" (Regina)
   + rework the dialog "from ground", actually just move the "to:"
     dropdown at the second position to make it a sentence (Eyal)
     + if possible, the offset should be always available (and "From Left"
       could be removed then)
   + we have a great preview showing exactly what happens (Heiko)
   => no better proposal though

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