[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2025-Apr-16

Present: Heiko
Comments: Eyal, Ilmari, Jan, Stuart, Michael

Tickets/Topics

 * IMPRESS - UI - Active slide doesn't change when presentation is running
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171111
   + changing potentially breaks the workflow, needs to be optional (Ilmari)
   + what does other app do? (Eyal)
     + same as LibreOffice and Esc / End Show show the currently shown slide
       in edit mode (Heiko)
   + depends on the scenario, we have different commands/shortcuts to start
     from first/current slide and could do similar here (Heiko)
     + thinking of escape vs alt+esc, or the like
     + we may also have two context menu options "(o) End Show" and
       "( ) End Show and Go Back" - and remember the radio buttons choice
   => comment and keep

 * Option to swap mouse wheel action: wheel = zoom, Ctrl+wheel = scroll
   (like in CAD programs)
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171291
   + we must not change system defaults (Heiko, Jan)
   + there are some other applications like Corel Draw that do so (OP)
   + the Internet has some results for other apps too (Heiko)
   + the hard-coded connection makes this a non-trivial task (Heiko)
   => comment and keep

 * FR: Add "Clone and edit theme" option
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165381
   + export/import is over-engineering (for the default user) (Stuart, Heiko)
   + hacky and undocumented way is by extracting data from XML (OP)
   + suggest an extension to export the theme into an extension
     similar to Custom Palette Export, see
     https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/custom-palette-eport
   => resolve WF and recommend as extension

 * In Paragraph style/formatting dialog, "Position" label is confusing
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171517
   + multi-purpose tab, name should be short, Position has never
     bothered a user (Stuart, Heiko)
   + no renaming without evidence of an issue (Jan)

 * Use "suggested-action" GTK class for buttons like "Save"
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171381
   + Adwaita uses a less obtrusive feedback but still warns about Save/SaveAs
     as destructive option (Heiko)
   + Gedit closes on my SuSE Tumbleweed with this dialog (Heiko)
   + would be tdf#147151; different approach/solution would be needed for
     consistency (Michael)
   => unclear situation, needs more input

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