[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 92406] STATUSBAR: Making the statusbar configurable in Writer

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92406

--- Comment #3 from Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #1)
> +1  but need to agree on which fields continue to show by default, and
> prioritization of sizing behavior when more fields are open than fit the
> width of the status bar.

What is remaining is - Page Number, Word Count, Page Style, Object Properties,
Page View, Zoom.

(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> It's hard to imagine the user who tweaks the status bar rather than
> switching it completely on/off. However customization makes sense in
> general. But I think those settings belong to the configuration, i.e the
> dialog.

Yes customizing things are limited to more advanced users (e.g. Eve), so we
need to have the default statusbar suitable to new and average users (e.g.
Benjamin). The other alternative is to have a basic and advanced mode for the
statusbar, so users dont have to choose everything they want enabled and then
it would be a simplified option that could be in the View menu, and likely a
simplified option for a dev to correctly specify the sizes for the basic mode.

Here are statusbar options in other suites:

Google Docs - None

iWork Pages '09 - Zoom Percentage, Word Count, Page Number -
http://www.digitalcupcake.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/iWork-Pages-One-Up-Two-Up.png

iWork Page 5.0 - No actual statusbar, but you can enable a hovering Word Count
that appears close to the bottom of the window.

Word 2013 - Page Number, Word Count, Spell Check status, View Shortcuts, Zoom
Slider & Percentage - http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Dzds_djefuI/maxresdefault.jpg

Word 2011 Mac - View Shortcuts, Section, Page Number, Word Count, Zoom
Percentage & Slider -
https://noppyfoto.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/screen-shot-2011-03-24-at-1-32-18-pm.png

AbiWord - Page Number, Insert status, not sure what the next one is :D,
Language - http://imagenes.es.sftcdn.net/es/scrn/13000/13357/abiword-23.jpg

WPS/Kingsoft Writer - Page & Section Number, Row & Column Number, Word Count,
Spell Check status, AutoBackup status, View Shortcuts, Zoom Percentage & Slider
-
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtmWGiSCVj4/VEdl2zI2__I/AAAAAAABi3U/sF3mGV2cU7U/s1600/wps-writer_ubuntu.jpg

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