[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Jan-22

Present: Martin, Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Stuart, Jan, Roman, Ilmari

Tickets/Topics

 * Feature Request: Being able to use Markdown Syntax in Writer
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170290
   + full parsing of Markdown in normal text entry would be disruptive
     to existing Autocorrection norms (Stuart)
   + text processor should not be mistaken as a markdown editor (Heiko, Jan)
   + looking for backsticks for code, ** for bold, or # for headers (Thomas)
   + * is used for lists as well as + and - (latter for EM dash);
     # could be good for PS Heading or sorted lists, we may also
     interpret > as Block Quotation but >> wont do any hierarchy
     nor ** a second level in lists (Heiko)
   + https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/
   + MD contradicts text processing in a sense that you first type without
     formatting and subsequently get the layouted result; Writer is WYSIWYG
   + as extension welcome (Martin)
   + copy/paste converts MD with 26.2 or since 25.8
   => WF

 * Use Colibre/Colibre (dark) as default/automatic icon theme on gtk3 VCL
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170282
   + Elementary is superior to Colibre we just need a dark
     variant, bug 139788 (Eyal)
   + don't touch icons (Roman)
   + tend to prefer a dark Elementary variant (Heiko)
   => WF

 * Notebookbar Insert "Section" dropdown toolbar button label is
   confusing when it seems to be all about columns
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169975
   + Format > Columns... could be used instead (Eyal) but is available on the
     Tabbed NB under Layout, and changes the page (style) and not a "section"
     within the current page
   + .uno:InsertSection is Insert > Section on the main menu and opens the
     dialog while showing a column picker when added to the toolbar;
   + Format > Page Columns is available on the Tabbed UI
   + changing the name to Columns.. with a ContextLabel Section... does the
     requested with the drawback to show up as Column in the customization
   + the two Columns commands are easily mixed up (Eyal)
   + label could be Insert > "Section with Columns" on cost of design as this
     enlarges the part significantly (Heiko)
   + prefer simple "Columns" with an informative tooltip (Martin)
   => go with it

 * Support updating only the page numbers in a ToC
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=169210
   + encouraging manual manipulation of ToC doesn't make sense to me (Ilmari)
   + establish feature parity with MS Word (Eyal)
   + no objection (Martin)
   => do it

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