Design/Meetings/2016-07-08

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    Minutes

    Jul 09, 2016; 3:02am Heiko Tietze-2 
    Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-Jul-08
    
    2016-July-08 Present:
        + Jay, Heiko, Samuel, Szymon, Susobhan
    
    Easy hacks and extensions
    
       * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34551 (Rotate fill effect)
       * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96015 (Help menu)
       * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97918 (uno for distribution dlg)
         + probably no UX needed
       
    Google Summer of Code
    
      * @all GSoC students: ESC asks for documentation of UI changes, which is important and required,
        please write at least a few bullet points and get in touch with the docu team (@ohallot, #libreoffice-doc)
        + Acknowledged
    
      * Template Manager (Akshay/Samuel)
            + Working on emoji toolbar now since main project is finished
            + Documentation is on the list
            + Search functionality in start center: no progress
            + Remote templates: not being done
    
      * Area Fill (Rishabh/Heiko)
          + Work completed this week -
             + Hatch tab - merged
             + Gradient tab - In review
             + Bitmap tab - In review
          + Rendering bug in pattern tab -
             + Icon view listbox - http://imgur.com/pYydQWz
             + Related to bug - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100731
          + Work in progress -
             + Pattern tab redesign.
             + Move all the fillstyle tabs inside the area tab.
          + Goals for next week -
             + Merge Gradient tab and Bitmap tab.
             + Move all the fillstyle tabs inside the area tab.
             + Fix the rendering issue for pattern tab.
             + Color tab -
                + Include mulitple palettes in color tab.
                + Include user.soc for custom colors.
          + Points to be discussed -
             + Include the Auto checkbox for gradient steps
                + Regression pointed out by quikee.
                + Default value set to 0 not 64.
             + Color tab design with multiple palette and user.soc list.
                + Discussion on workflow
             + Workflow for moving between fillstyle tabs inside area tab.
                + Preserve old entry selection till the dialog is open (?).
             + Multiple palettes in new color selecting widget to replace legacy color listbox.
    
      * Sidebar Improvements (Susobhan)
          + Margins needed for Draw (upcoming)
          + 'Default' Shapes Panel up on gerrit - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/26770/
            - Enable for Writer/Impress/Calc?
            -> Just for Draw (Jay)
          + Working on 'More' Shapes Panel
    
       * Notebookbar (Szymon, Kendy, Samuel)
        + Testing instructions: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/NotebookBar
            + File menu
              + https://trello.com/c/Hp5b48z7/4-file-menu-tab
              + Fill the File tab and create a file menu - then see what is more useful
              + Might need a quick acess bar where users can add commands
               + quick access in ms office & wps - http://www.picpaste.com/pics/ms_word-0JUsuhTh.1467983629.png
    
    Enhancements and proposals
        + Defaults for snap features "To object frame" and "To object points" (Heiko)
          + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93276
          + IIRC there is some bug report that functionality doesn't work properly (Jay)
          + Snap to X interferes with snap to grid
          -> keep it as it is, WFM (/done)
        + Single Toolbar Mode (Samuel/Akshay/Yousuf)
          + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92218
          + hiding toolbars need better concept (Samuel)
            + .uno command hides all toolbars first (including those from extensions) and show then the single tb
            + user can reshow the other, now hidden tb's using the menu
        + Draw: Proposal for design session on Jul/15
           + https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bbbjhMcbdbxPT3UQfaGDEhQ5vy2H1qu_a7b9ICeJ3Ck/edit?usp=sharing
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