Hi André, all!
Am Donnerstag, den 21.07.2011, 09:48 +0200 schrieb Andre Schnabel:
Hi Michael,
Von: Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@novell.com>
Betreff: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] drawing toolbar interactions
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39268
I was wondering if (since users tend to get stuck in this mode), having
'Escape' escape from the mode back to normal 'selection' would be a
helpful addition to make it more acceptable.
If we define this a mode, then users should be made aware that a mode
(=change in behavior) is active. Currently, we do have a changes mouse
pointer (but that's not that self-explaining) and (sometimes) the
highlighted buttons. But since toolbar elements are usually independent
and thus highlighted (e.g. in the upper toolbars), the highlighting
doesn't make any difference here.
So, if (_if_) we decide to go for any mode (even today), then I propose
to visualize that mode via the status bar, something like "Draw
rectangle. Use ESC to switch back to selection mode."
I agree that this would be helpfull for Draw, as drawing is the most obvious
activity there.
[...]
And for the other modules "Drawing" is a secondary function (ok, some of
my managers would disagree). The current behaviour (single click -> draw just
one element; double click -> draw multiple elements) is implemented the same
way in many other applications (including PowerPoint, Excel and Word).
So if we change the behaviour in general, we would please Scribus users, but
likely confuse many other users.
Thanks for the excellent summary - Impress (during OOo times) has been
regarded to be the more important module. Thus LibreOffice is optimized
for arranging objects = working on presentations.
By the way, the newer Microsoft Office version elegantly solved that
issue by avoiding any modes and moving drawing functionality to
"Insert".
So, I see two alternatives here (amongst others less attractive ones):
* Separate the behavior of Draw/Impress and introduce mode changes
via single click in Draw --> will make Draw a "real" drawing
application, but introduced some inconsistency within our tools
* Solve the issue by introducing a "duplicate object" feature in
Draw --> adds some clutter to the menu, but will boost
efficiency for those who know
What is really confusing is that it is not obvious, if a tool is "sticky"
or not. E.g. Double click on rectangle will make the rectangle shape
in standard shapes sticky. But as this is hidden in a floating toolbar,
user has no info about this status.
Yep.
By the way, thank you Regina - you have an amazing knowledge with regard
to the OOo history!
Cheers,
Christoph
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