[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 91130] Smaller default font name list

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91130

--- Comment #12 from Ole Tange <ota@prosa.dk> ---
Created attachment 139592
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=139592&action=edit
Mockup2 of multi-column font selector

> But I doubt that a multi-column dropdown is a good solution.

An A/B-test might determine that.

Personally I prefer never having to use a scroll bar: I will much rather be
presented with all the information that fits on the screen and only when theres
is more information then have a scroll bar.

> You need some kind of overflow mechanism anyway, meaning vertical or horizontal scrolling is 
> required.

We do not have horizontal scrolling now. I suggest we simply take the current
1-column layout and do as many columns of those as will fit on the screen (or
window) width.

If we did that, I would be able to see around 10x as many fonts on my system.

First column is still reserved for fonts used in the document.

See mockup2.

Sorting should not be done as in the mockup, but instead have them sorted
left-to-right:

A.. A.. B.. C..
C.. C.. D.. D..
D.. E.. F.. F..

> Could be solved, but even more important is the question if users need and want this large 
> selection at once. IMHO the goal is to quickly select one item/font and not to show as many as 
> possible.

The substring filtering will solve that for fonts not already in use: If you
want all font containing 'Bold' you simply enter 'Bold' and all the remaining
fonts in the list will contain the string 'bold'.

If you enter 'abo tse' you will probably only get 'Montserrat ExtraBold', as
very few other font will match that 'tse' and 'abo'.

For fonts already used in the document, I suggest they are listed in the first
column for easy selection.

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