Design/Meetings/2024-06-19

    From The Document Foundation Wiki

    Link

    https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2024/msg00058.html

    Minutes

    Present: Sahil, Rafael, Heiko
    Comments: Stephane, Stuart, Mike, Miguel, Ady, Eyal, Cor
    
    Tickets/Topics
    
     * Allow typing a date directly into the ad-hoc field when creating a
       custom date property
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161393
       + allow both entering a date by hand, while switching between
         increasingly large time ranges like decades with the pointer (Stephane)
       + nice idea (Cor)
       + just direct editing with some validation on-the-fly (Rafael, Heiko)
       + date picker with a switch so up/down change the year (Sahil)
       => do it
    
     * Change any style from a single window
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160735
       + implement an additional view mode 'Picked' (Stuart)
       + unclear request (Mike)
       + "Save as New" next to Reset, Apply..., which does not overwrites
         the currently edited style but creates a new children of it (Heiko)
       + likely detrimental to usability (Mike, Heiko)
       + offer a primary GUI to perform the style management (Stuart)
       + -1, changing styles is easy; mourning heading with
         percentage by default (Cor)
       + Stylist offers drag 'n drop so creating some style and moving it
         below another, which takes the attributes, is easy to do (Heiko)
       + see no obvious improvement in such a feature (Rafael)
       + create a dummy style, move the styles to change into this parent
         and change the property of the parent
       + to create a new children use New from the context menu
       + run into similar trouble with shapes (Rafael)
       + same procedure, create a new parent and move the styles into this
       + but it's moving not copying - we may use an accelerator like
         ctrl+drag to not move but copy
       + changing a style other than the current (and all other interactions)
         should be possible without the Stylist (Sahil)
       + would add a listview to the organizer tab that allows quick changes
         of the currently modified style (and maybe remove the name option
         and have some editing capability on this list) (Sahil)
       => introduce ctrl+drag to copy a style and make the style name a dropdown
         so changing any style is possible without the Stylist
    
     * Search in both values & formulae
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161364
       + agree (Miguel, Stuart, Sahil)
       + if implemented it should be labeled and working as "Everything" (Ady)
       + while FR distinguishes between Values and Formulas the QFS finds Values;
         OP obviously has not updated for a while
       + QFS should return Everything
       => go for the "Everything" option
    
     * UI: Hard to tell which side of a shape being used for as reference
       for rotation
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161441
       + rotation on plain shapes don't matter (Eyal)
       + leg/pointer extending in the vertical direction when created (Stuart)
       + reasonable request (Cor)
       + some kind of indicator on top left sounds good (Rafael)
       + flipping horizontally keeps the rotation while vertically changes
         it to 180°
       + a) always visible, b) optionally, c) only when selected, d) only when
         in rotation mode? -> c) (Rafael, Sahil)
       + symbol could be an angle or icon
       + or use a different color for the (green) dot (Rafael)
       + could also be a dedicated rotation "icon" like MSO does (Rafael)
       + show the actual degree of rotation with the cursor (Sahil)
       => idea accepted