[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-Jul-03

Present: Eyal, Sahil, Rafael, Bogdan, John, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Cor, bdac

Tickets/Topics

 * Extending safe mode
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161249
   + request is to migrate some of the version 6 user settings to version 24
   + rather restructure the user profile (Stuart)
   + would export/import a user profile apart from the safe mode dialog (Eyal)
   + safe mode dialog is hard to use (Rafael, Heiko)
     + proposal at https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/Zj8nsETFTyPgeEB
   + missing feature to load an archived profile (Rafael)
   + access to each and every setting is dangerous (Rafael)
   + rather worth an extension (Heiko) or a stand-alone tool (Eyal)
   => WF; the dialog needs to receive an overhaul and has to become
     easier to use

 * Unexpected Selecting when character is selected and use TAB
   to move to next cell
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161455
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118698
   + not a bug (Cor, bdac, Stuart)
   + no good reason to not extend the selection beyond it's unusual (Heiko)
   + perhaps thinking about the moving concept (Eyal)
   + how about use shift+tab to extend selection and move with plain tab (Eyal)
   + downside is that we change established key combinations (Eyal)
   + afraid of conflicts with OS; "don't mess with tab" (Heiko)
   + shift+tab unselects backwards
   + feels like a bug, in particular after the end of the table is reached (Rafael)
     + happens also when the selection is done per shift+arrow (Heiko)
       + and that feels like a bug too (Eyal)
     + not really a convenience feature as the same might be achieved with
       shift+arrow
   + simply press esc and get the expected tab interaction (Sahil)
   => WF, or not

 * Functionality request for Writer: improve dialog "Insert index entry"
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43530
   + META in bug 122497 (Stuart)
   + usual autocompletion of lists; IOW the dropdown has an entry
     starting with BAR (Heiko)
   + probably caused by unclear labels (Eyal)
   + maybe tooltips help (Eyal) or forward to documentation (Heiko)
   => resolve WF (with request to reopen with more details)

 * Improve/create visibility for font fallback lists in the UI
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161378
   + no reason to adjust or expand usage (Stuart)
   + bug is about lists of font families (Eyal)
   + font families are unclear to me; sounds like a legacy (Heiko)
   => no expertise in the group, comments on final proposal
     might be possible

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