[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 92317] Sidebar size is not constrained by its content

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92317

--- Comment #4 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze@user-prompt.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #3)
> (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> > The sidebar content must not get cropped on resizing. 
>
> Why? 

Almost all basic ux-principles. If you neither show a control nor indicate that
there is more (scrollbar, chevron etc.) it's the worst UI ever. And cropping
the sidebar's header and deck content is about hiding controls.

> > Alternative solutions are wrapping controls or to show a chevron like at the
> > toolbar. UX should discuss the pro and cons...
>
> Or, provide a scroll bar for a pane calculated against the full packing of
> button objects for all Content Panels occupying the full Deck.
>
> Or, provide a scroll bar for each individual Content Panel (but that would
> add visual clutter)
>
> Or, complete work needed to provide stateful customization of the
> sidebar--start with reasonable defaults, and then allow user to set their
> preferred Deck exposure for working in documents with _each_ module.

Nice list of options. But consider as well the controls in the header not only
deck's content. Would be a weird interface with multiple scrollbars ;-) (not
that I haven't seen such a crime).

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