Design/Meetings/2023-09-27

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    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)
       => comment

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