[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 81132] Removal of formatting options from the right-click context menu

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81132

--- Comment #12 from Jay Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> 2) Font name and font size should be removed no matter what the final
> decision is -- it's very bad practice to hard-code these, styles should
> always be used instead.
> ...
> 7) On the topic of styles, it'd be nice to have a "Paragraph Styles"  and a
> "Character Styles" here.

I do agree in general that styles should be pushed over direct formatting, as i
had personally been using ms word for many years without learning about styles
and only understood it when i learned css. We should be promoting features to
our users that help them make well formatted documents, even if they dont fully
understand the concept. I think microsoft did a good job in exposing styles in
its ribbon UI, to bring emphasis to its usage.

> 5) It'd be nice if "Clear formatting", "Change Case", and "Synonyms" didn't
> appear when no text is selected. Conversely, "Page..." should appear only
> when nothing is selected. Would that be feasible?

I think synonyms should also not be displayed when multiple words are selected.

(In reply to comment #11)
> Especially the part about Paragraph styles, preferably only a selection of
> styles like in the combo box in the formatting toolbar. I have a dream about
> LibreOffice like Word would make it possible to configure what styles that
> should be shown in that list in addition to the styles used in the document.

I think the list of pre-defined styles found in the drop down are a good place
to start, along with the list of applied styles.

> Lastly I'd like to comment Mirek's note 5 about the visibility of "Clear
> formatting", "Change Case", and "Synonyms", I think these work as expected.
> I should not have to select a whole word to look up a synonym for it. It
> should be as it is now when I just put the cursor on a word and look it up.
> The same applies for the other two.

There are entries in 'change case' that dont function well without the
selection of multiple words - e.g. Sentence case, Capitalize Every Word. Also
noticed that the list doesnt include camel case, small capitals or drop caps.

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