[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Sep-07

Present: Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Dieter, Mike, Balazs, Stephane, Maxim

Tickets/Topics

 * Pasting a table cell, pastes the source cell in the upper/actual cell
   as an inner table cell
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149625
   + always put inner tables when cursor is inside the cell (Mike)
   + use modifier key or paste special dialog
   + do not change / WF as such a rare use case does not improve
     with a different workflow (Dieter)
   => resolved NAB/INV meanwhile

 * Not possible to enable table header rows repeat from menubar
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93694
   + command is not frequently used and does not deserve a place
     in the main/context menu (Heiko)
   + Command is used frequently enough to merit reasonable visibility,
     and its toggle aspect (repeat yes/no) at least also merits increased
     visibility (Eyal)
   + adding the command to the table toolbar is not sufficiently visible/
     accessible, people will not notice it as they rarely pay attention
     to the table toolbar, and an icon will not draw their attention (Eyal)
   + adding to the context menu is an acceptable "compensation" for the loss
     of visibility via the menu (Eyal)
   + shorter command label would be good (Heiko, Eyal)
   + start label with an action verb like "Repeat Header Rows"
     + sounds good; and is used on MSO too
   + do the same with .uno:RowSplit and move to the context menu and
     name it "Break Row Across Pages"
   => do it

 * "Fit height to text" is misleading, only regards growing rather
    than shrinking
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156939
    + resizing works, if not set manually (Heiko)
    + ... but the box is still never shrunk, only stretched (Eyal)
    + ideally this toggle would make the box both stretch and shrink
      as necessary (Heiko)
    + Unless the functionality is changing very soon, better rename so that
      the label fits the current, rather than the ideal, functionality (Eyal)
    + Suggest "Stretch" instead of "Fit" (Eyal)
    + MSO uses "[ ] Resize shape to fit text" and "[ ] Wrap text in shape"
      + "Resize shape" switches off automatically when the height changes
      + if "Wrap text" is switched off, the box is sized according the
        page width (and text still breaks)
      + if the box is resized from the page width, the "Wrap text" option
        is switched on automatically
    + feature needs to be ODF compliant
  => comment

 * "Fit width to text" shouldn't default to "extend width to fit whole
    paragraph on a single line"
    + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156942
    + should do the same as "Fit height to text" (Heiko)
      + and does - the text box changes depending on the text
        if active; otherwise the text breaks
    + should not grow beyond page/side width (Eyal, Heiko)
    + ... but limitation on growing beyond page/window width is independent
      of the behavior choice in this bug (Eyal)
    + request is to set width, and apply line breaking, so that the paragraph
      fits to the chosen box height; at least as an optional behavior,
      preferably as the default or single behavior (Eyal)
      + not a common functionality and needs to be available in ODF (Heiko)
      + Arranging text in textboxes is an extremely common activity with
        Impress. Also, with the current behavior being unwieldy, using this
        functionality couldn't be common (Eyal)
  =>  comment

 * add toggle to show / hide authorship metadata in popup Calc comments
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156885
   + config key could be added (Balazs)
   + agree with the toggle request meaning show/hide (Eyal)
   + Calc is special regarding comments and should not compared
     with Writer; such a toggle makes sense (Stephane, Ady)
   + show comments in a sidebar tab makes hiding simple (Maxim)
   + function to clear metadata sounds more appropriate than a
     (hidden) config key that disables the feature (Heiko)
   => comment

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