[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 132880] Area properties don't match color handling the outline shape receives

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132880

--- Comment #15 from Maxim Monastirsky <momonasmon@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11)
> And since I see what color is used, I definitely
> prefer the second option. This applies also to other modules such as Writer
> and font color, for example.
Not entirely the same. In Writer, once you set font color, you can continue
typing text with the selected color until you change it again. And you see the
actual text color on the document canvas. But when it comes to drawing shapes,
you can't see the color of a shape *before* you draw it. And setting a color
for a shape applies only to that shape, and not to any further shape.

I also would like to add that this isn't just about color. Shape filling might
be also of gradient, hatching etc. which isn't possible to set from the current
toolbar button. In addition, there are other properties like line style, arrow
heads or shadow, which users might want to set in advance.

> Actual issue is the contextual dual use of the sidebar for object and page
> properties. If we'd have placed the page stuff on an extra deck (or better
> don't have it at the sidebar as this is not an option which frequently needs
> attention) we could always show the properties deck.
Good point. We do have separate page deck in Writer, so why not have something
like this in Draw?

> Showing the Line & Filling toolbar again is not an option.
Agree on this. Given that we go with the sidebar enabled by default, the
toolbar will mostly duplicate the settings found in the sidebar. If anything,
the sidebar is the place to show these settings whenever we want them.

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