[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2024-Nov-20

Present: Sahil, Eyal, Rafael, John, Heiko
Comments: Cor, Regina. Ilmari

Tickets/Topics

 * Allow deletion of a master slide in-use and its using slides,
   via a confirmation dialog
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163823
   + too drastic and may result in the deletion of all slides (Rafael)
   + slides using this master could be delete after confirmation (Eyal)
   + no principal objection to this proposal (Cor, Rafael)
   + block master slide deletion as long a slide uses it, ie. keep
     the current state (Heiko)
   + use case is to switch master; there is no info on its used (Eyal)
   + if we had a way to select all slides with some master it could
     be also a solution (Eyal)
     + Writer allows to search/replace paragraph styles, could
       be implemented similarly in Impress (Heiko)
   => keep ticket

 * No option to resize chart area while maintaining height-vs-width
   proportions
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163816
   + resizing is not possible with keeping ratio when in edit mode (Regina)
   + reasonable request (Rafael)
   => introduce the shift modifier to retain the aspect ratio

 * Want mechanism to restrict slide contents to area used by content
   on the master
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163511
   + just assign the slide layout again; no special indicator
     needed (Regina)
   + keep it simple and use the layout; ie. WF (Heiko)
   + other objects aren't clipped with layouting; we should apply the
     operation move/resize to all objects (Eyal)
   + request makes sense (John)
   + introduce another method to have both options (Sahil)
   => do it

 * When changing special char dialog search term - keep position
   and highlighted char
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163817
   + keep search on key press (Heiko)
   + last selected position is remembered; not against this request but
     don't see a strong use case for this either (Rafael)
     + yet it is the last position rather than the search result (Heiko)
     + grey background is not visible on gtk3 (Eyal)
   + asking to keep the selection only as long the result
     contains it (Eyal)
   + use case is either a large number of search results, eg. circum,
     or similar looking items (Eyal)
   => do it

 * Support continuing paragraph numbering from one drawing object
   in another
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163819
   + Writer has "[ ] Restart numbering" (Cor)
     + lists are not available for floating text boxes (Heiko)
   + correct solution is to have real paragraph styles in sd
     plus assigned list styles (Heiko)
   + could be realized per extension (Sahil)
   + see also bug 163245 (Eyal), is a duplicate (Heiko)
   => keep it

 * Selecting Embossed/Engraved disables Outline and Shadow - but
   doesn't uncheck them
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163809
   + disabled state is sufficient and correct (Ilmari, Regina, Heiko)
   + current implementation feels correct (Rafael, Cor)
   + accept NAB (Eyal)
   => NAB

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