Design/Meetings/2023-09-27
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Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2023/msg00106.html
Minutes
Present: Eyal, Heiko
Comments: Dieter, Mike, Balazs, Stephane, Maxim
Tickets/Topics
* Pasting a table cell, pastes the source cell in the upper/actual cell
as an inner table cell
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149625
+ always put inner tables when cursor is inside the cell (Mike)
+ use modifier key or paste special dialog
+ do not change / WF as such a rare use case does not improve
with a different workflow (Dieter)
=> resolved NAB/INV meanwhile
* Not possible to enable table header rows repeat from menubar
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93694
+ command is not frequently used and does not deserve a place
in the main/context menu (Heiko)
+ Command is used frequently enough to merit reasonable visibility,
and its toggle aspect (repeat yes/no) at least also merits increased
visibility (Eyal)
+ adding the command to the table toolbar is not sufficiently visible/
accessible, people will not notice it as they rarely pay attention
to the table toolbar, and an icon will not draw their attention (Eyal)
+ adding to the context menu is an acceptable "compensation" for the loss
of visibility via the menu (Eyal)
+ shorter command label would be good (Heiko, Eyal)
+ start label with an action verb like "Repeat Header Rows"
+ sounds good; and is used on MSO too
+ do the same with .uno:RowSplit and move to the context menu and
name it "Break Row Across Pages"
=> do it
* "Fit height to text" is misleading, only regards growing rather
than shrinking
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156939
+ resizing works, if not set manually (Heiko)
+ ... but the box is still never shrunk, only stretched (Eyal)
+ ideally this toggle would make the box both stretch and shrink
as necessary (Heiko)
+ Unless the functionality is changing very soon, better rename so that
the label fits the current, rather than the ideal, functionality (Eyal)
+ Suggest "Stretch" instead of "Fit" (Eyal)
+ MSO uses "[ ] Resize shape to fit text" and "[ ] Wrap text in shape"
+ "Resize shape" switches off automatically when the height changes
+ if "Wrap text" is switched off, the box is sized according the
page width (and text still breaks)
+ if the box is resized from the page width, the "Wrap text" option
is switched on automatically
+ feature needs to be ODF compliant
=> comment
* "Fit width to text" shouldn't default to "extend width to fit whole
paragraph on a single line"
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156942
+ should do the same as "Fit height to text" (Heiko)
+ and does - the text box changes depending on the text
if active; otherwise the text breaks
+ should not grow beyond page/side width (Eyal, Heiko)
+ ... but limitation on growing beyond page/window width is independent
of the behavior choice in this bug (Eyal)
+ request is to set width, and apply line breaking, so that the paragraph
fits to the chosen box height; at least as an optional behavior,
preferably as the default or single behavior (Eyal)
+ not a common functionality and needs to be available in ODF (Heiko)
+ Arranging text in textboxes is an extremely common activity with
Impress. Also, with the current behavior being unwieldy, using this
functionality couldn't be common (Eyal)
=> comment
* add toggle to show / hide authorship metadata in popup Calc comments
+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156885
+ config key could be added (Balazs)
+ agree with the toggle request meaning show/hide (Eyal)
+ Calc is special regarding comments and should not compared
with Writer; such a toggle makes sense (Stephane, Ady)
+ show comments in a sidebar tab makes hiding simple (Maxim)
+ function to clear metadata sounds more appropriate than a
(hidden) config key that disables the feature (Heiko)
=> commenta