[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 90090] Rearranging the UI of Draw

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90090

--- Comment #9 from Jay Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #8)
> Agree, auto-toggle visible when document has more than one page/graphic
> would be reasonable handling of the Pages pane.

Yep that sounds good.

> Default page layout for new blank Draw documents should default to
> landscape. Import filters should still honor the image/graphic or document
> page structure of the incoming object of course. But with this major UI
> rework, now would be the time to shift to correct orientation for a default. 

Yes if the default page orientation isnt the most suitable one then it should
be changed but i dont see other related apps go for landscape over portrait.

> And for Draw to be a more functional illustration tool, it does need
> additional vector and bitmap tools, as well as the ability to identify and
> manipulate the layers that make up an illustration, or document.  But scope
> of that work would require considerable refactoring and development of
> additional widgets (beyond existing straight lines, bezier curves, and
> predefined shapes) within LO.
>
> Display and manipulation of current Layers and OLE might be possible sooner,
> and stacking/grouping/and visibility would be good candidate to display in a
> new Sidebar content panel.

Yes it would be good if LO had more of this functionality. Totally agree that
the most important would likely be layers, so users dont have to deal with
object arrangement through the toolbar or context menu and would be able to do
simple manipulation (e.g. hiding a layer).

> Also, near term, page/graphic layout for drawing (the current Page setup
> context menu dialog) would be a good set of controls to include in a a
> Content panel--the now empty/suppressed Properties perhaps--for the Sidebar
> in Draw.

Yes it would be good to have sections of the pages tab i suggested in bug 83830
(attachment 106594) to be shown in the properties pane for Draw, similar to the
suggested background section for impress (bug 89466).

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