Design/Meetings/2023-10-25

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    Link

    https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2023/msg00117.html

    Minutes

    Present: John, Bogdan, Heiko
    Comments: Eike, Eyal
    
    Tickets/Topics
    
     * feature [Draw] Color option to identify the layer
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157255
       + currently we show italic for locked, underline for non-printing
         and blue font color for invisible, and a bold bar for the active
         layer
       + a) just use bold for the active layer and icons for states
         + drawback is a jumping UI and larger tabs
       + b) use a thin bar to indicate the object's layer
         + hard to distinguish from the active layer
       + c) colorize the layer of the object with highlight color
         + could use the system highlight color (and invert the blue
           font of disabled)
       + like option a) (John)
       + competitors? draw.io uses kind of a Navigator and draws a tiny
         dot for the object's layer
       + ideally improve the Navigator
       => comment
    
     * Re-initialize autofill rather than overwriting content
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157731
       + re-initialize autofill rather than overwriting content when
         pressing ctrl (Heiko)
       + take care of shift being pressed (just copies the content)
       + no harm in adding this function (John)
       => do it
    
     * Paste number format only
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157627
       + paste special without format should not alter the
         target format (Eike)
       + would be a random choice of attributes and bloats the
         dialog (John, Heiko)
       + workflow is unclear and sounds very specific
       + using proper cell style might be a good alternative
       + Excel provides an option to paste "Formulas and number formats"
         or alternatively "Values and number formats"; we should consider
         adding this (John)
       + just adding the number format could be a checkbox under Options
         labeled "Number format" disabled if "[x] Format" is checked (and
         otherwise allowing to overwrite the target number format)
       => do it
    
     * Print or export to PDF by chapters/sections
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157346
       + nice shortcut (Heiko)
       + should be called heading; and agree with the request (Eyal)
       + makes the print dialog more complicated and is quite unusual;
         reading first/last page from the document is simple enough (John)
       => resolve WF

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