[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Dec-11

Present: Martin, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Eyal

Tickets/Topics

 * No Find&Replace command on any of the tabs
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169632
   + little benefit from adding it to the Home tab (Stuart)
   + customization always possible yet only to disable (Stuart)
   + (Quick-)Find and F&R are available via context menu; and usually
     these functions are started per shortcut (Heiko)
   + F&R is available in the standard toolbar of the classic UI;
     Quickfind is available under the Home menu button of the
     Tabbed UI  (Martin)
   + "common" functions typically do not have a button, see Save
      at GSheet; and Word also has no Save on the Home tab (Heiko)
   => replace Find by F&R to match the classic UI

 * Improvement request to make Character dialog modeless in LO,
   allow repeated formatting actions of new string selections
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169746
   + we should not make the use ofn direct formatting easier; styles
     provide all functionality
   + strike-trough (and the suggested styles) are available for
     customization
   + if the dialog would be amodal it needs respond to changes made
     somewhere else, it will be an error-prone implementation
   => do not make it modeless

 * Add option to remove personal information from documents at runtime
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159130
   + "fine tune what sort of personal information to remove" but "can be
     useful to do the same at runtime in the document"
   + fine-tuning is possible in the latest master
   + "can be useful" is a weak use case (Heiko)
   + if really needed it could be done per button next to the
     security options (Martin)
   => comment

 * Rendered style names placed ineffectively in their style preview
   box rectangles
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169764
   + margins are good; some possible issues depending on VCL (Heiko)
   + simply a bug, rather talk about: (Eyal)
 * Style preview box should not have labels
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169763
   + works only together with the style name, would rather think about
     removing the unstyled name (Heiko)
   + without the name we have to make sure the styled variant is
     readable (Martin)
   + LibreOffice has no tooltip while Word shows it when the visible
     "Heading" cuts off "1" or "2" (Heiko)
   + agree with the request (Martin)
   + removing the name leads to more white space; which is not
     necessarily bad (Heiko)
   + widget needs to be responsive and show perhaps 3 to 5 items with
     increased space of 100 to 150 pixel, or the like, depending on the
     available space; on shrinking below a minimum we need to show a
     dropdown button (Heiko)
 => comment

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