Design/Meetings/2024-05-22

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    https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2024/msg00050.html

    Minutes

    Present:  Eyal, Sahil, John, Heiko
    Comments: Aron, Jan
    
    Tickets/Topics
    
     * When you select part of a column with merged cells, all columns that
       are part of the merged cell are selected
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158288
       + NAB (Aron),
       + selection should denote/depict the merged cells (Eyal) vs.
         selection starts on top-left to bottom-right
       + we are Excel compatible, and actually even better (Heiko)
       + is a range-selection (not to confuse with multiple cells) meant to
         include all from x1 to y2; if so the behavior is correct
       + merged cells take actually the content from the top-left cell
       + copying of multi-selections is not possible
       + unclear use case, potentially impacting the workflow of many
         users (John)
       => comment with needinfo
    
     * Want MS-Word like auto-formatting of beginning of list item
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158874
       + cool stuff (John)
       + could it be done via extension (Sahil)
       => do it
    
     * Form creating is too niche to merit a main menu item visible by default
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161031
       + rarely used; conditional logic tricky to maintain and test (Jan)
       + was done to align with other modules, IIRC (Heiko)
       + changing the main menu is a PITA for users, showing conditionally like
         "View > [ ] Show Forms Menu" and also "[ ] Show Shapes Menu" is possible
          but would be quite uncommon; = NAB/WF (Heiko)
       + no strong opinion (John, Sahil)
       => resolve WF to safe users from the annoyance of changing menus
    
     * FORMCONTROLS: Add ability to Find and Replace field names
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160938
       + intention is to (batch) rename fields, which is not needed (Heiko)
       + finding controls might make sense for a huge number of items, which
         is not so likely; and the Navigator lists the content nicely plus
         will have different sort methods (Heiko, John)
       + being an ODF editor requires a place to find everything which
         is defined (Eyal)
       + F&R with RegEx works well and might be handy for object names in
         some cases (Eyal)
       => both points are valid, keep ticket