[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 135410] UI: Settings for 'Printer" or 'Print to file" should be drop down box (or something else) instead of radio button

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135410

--- Comment #3 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski@hotmail.com> ---
Hmm... I dislike both ways. One is the "Options->LibreOffice->Print" raised
here, where the radio button is indeed used incorrectly: radio button
designates one of a set of mutually exclusive options, and having it on the
page looks as if one may only set up one set of options: e.g., either for
Printer, or for Print to file, but not both (while in reality, the page is
exactly to configure both, each set is configured when the relevant radio
button is active).

However, the crop down box - as seen on Options->Load/Save->General, in
"Document Type" that controls the "Always Save As" below, is also confusing,
and does not suggest users that each of its position corresponds to relevant
setting. I remember multiple questions of users like "I had set up format for
text document, but how do I set up format for spreadsheet documents?"

In case of the simple options like "Document Type", it could be useful to use
the conception like Application Colors has, with a list box with entries and
corresponding drop down lists in each line. But for the print settings
discussed here in this bug, a tabbed interface fits much better, with two tabs
- for Printer, and for Print to File.

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