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I'm confused what functionality is missing from the zoom stuff in the
status bar. If one double-clicks the zoom percentage, the zoom window
shows up, and one can right-click the zoom percentage for various
options. Is there something else?

Maybe to just make it clearer, make the zoom percentage look more like
a button than it already does (like Office 2007)? Sorry to refer to
Microsoft, but in Word, they essentially have the same style that we
now do: They have a zoom percentage, with a slider. If one hovers over
the zoom percentage, it becomes like a button, and a tooltip says that
the user can click to load the zoom dialog box. I know that just
because Microsoft does it doesn't make it the best option, but I like
the way they handle the zoom functions.

Samuel Cantrell


On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Regina Henschel
<rb.henschel@t-online.de> wrote:
Hi Christoph,

Christoph Noack schrieb:
[..]

Plus, some of the functionality nicely (visually) presented in the
today's toolbar is simply missing / less understandable if the toolbar
item would be removed in other applications, e.g. Draw/Impress. My main
concern - something like "Zoom" should really be consistent across all
applications.

I do not share your concerns. I usually remove the Zoom-icon from the
standard toolbar. Its functionality in Writer and Calc is full covered by
the number field in the status bar.

In Draw I usually activate the Zoom toolbar and dock it besides the standard
toolbar in my customization. I use its zooming tools so often, that it is
helpful to have them immediately. Perhaps this zooming toolbar can be opened
and docked by default instead of the zoom icon?



So, Sam, any chance that some of the features can be moved to the status
bar? I'm sure the code will be totally different :-\


Conclusion: Apply only, if we can have a direct follow-up activity to
improve the zoom slider - even if it is a simple additional button that
opens a similar toolbar or leads to the "Zoom and View Layout" dialog
(in the first step). In any other case, I would not suggest to go with
the patch.

No, please not another field in the statusbar. There's already not enough
space to show all context informatation in Draw and Writer.

Kind regards
Regina




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