[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 96253] UI: Wrong submenu label "Text Box and Shape"

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96253

--- Comment #15 from Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #12)
> Yes Area is integrated into the Properties dialog(s).  But the UI glitch on
> the Format sub-menu is that the Area button (.uno:FormatArea) in the "Text
> Box and Shape" menu goes active when either a Frame or an OLE object is
> selected.

Yep Area should likely be disabled when selecting a frame or ole object.

> Should there be a set of .uno commands for the Area formatting by object
> type? Now they're all using the generic .uno:FormatArea 

Didnt follow.

> Sorry, just thinking out loud... the DrawingLayer SdrModel and
> SdrObjects/SdrPage are getting a hard look, although it is probably
> premature to worry too much about changes to the UI.  But a good chance the
> DrawingLayer object controls will be unified--and that draw elements could
> individually get properties dialogs both in Draw, and when used in the other
> components as we're doing here with lines, shapes and symbols.  There still
> would be the different object types--but they'd could potentially have
> consistent controls and behavior.

Went right over my head. ;D

(In reply to Stanislav Horacek from comment #14)
> Now I see reasoning behind the change: objects in Writer are divided into
> "text boxes and shapes" and other object.

Well actually the main issue is that only in Writer have different categories
of objects have been defined, which is why Writer has for example image objects
and its properties are in Format > Image > Properties, while in other apps you
have find the properties in Format > Object.

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