Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] EasyHack proposals

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Mirek M. <mazelm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> It'd be good to finally get working on LibreOffice's UI, which tends to be the most criticized 
> part of LibreOffice.
> Below are some suggestions for EasyHacks -- please respond whether they fit under the scope of 
> EasyHacks and, if so, whether you'd like to mentor any.
>
> Styles preview: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59718
>
>
> Borders not drawn correctly: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59718
>
> Icon labels: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60412
>
> Responsive Layout: https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60414
>
> Page toolbar and page selection (could be split into two easyhacks): 
> https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60416

Separate page toolbar bug:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61080
> Allow navigation by hyperlink: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52116
>
> Navigator: display hyperlinks in order of appearance: 
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52115
>
> Navigation buttons can't be assigned a hotkey: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51401
>
> I haven't had time to produce bug reports for the following, will do so soon, but here are quick 
> descriptions:
>
> Animation sidebar: move „Add“, „Change“, „Remove“, "Play", "Up", and "Down" to an icon-based 
> toolbar at the bottom of the animation list, remove the "Slide show" button.
>
> Make the styles drop-down preview all formatting, including capitalization.
>
> "Optional Hidden Items Menu" and "Style menus": described on 
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Mirek2#UI_Hacks

Here are some additional EasyHacks, stemming from my discussion with Kendy:
Right-aligned toolbars:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60893
Minimum width for scroll bars:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58748
Making combo boxes into drop-down buttons:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61004
Sizing toolbar combo boxes and dropdown buttons based on icon size:
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61005