Design/Meetings/2024-07-03

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    https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2024/msg00061.html

    Minutes

    Present: Eyal, Sahil, Rafael, Bogdan, John, Heiko
    Comments: Stuart, Cor, bdac
    
    Tickets/Topics
    
     * Extending safe mode
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161249
       + request is to migrate some of the version 6 user settings to version 24
       + rather restructure the user profile (Stuart)
       + would export/import a user profile apart from the safe mode dialog (Eyal)
       + safe mode dialog is hard to use (Rafael, Heiko)
         + proposal at https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/Zj8nsETFTyPgeEB
       + missing feature to load an archived profile (Rafael)
       + access to each and every setting is dangerous (Rafael)
       + rather worth an extension (Heiko) or a stand-alone tool (Eyal)
       => WF; the dialog needs to receive an overhaul and has to become
         easier to use
    
     * Unexpected Selecting when character is selected and use TAB
       to move to next cell
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161455
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118698
       + not a bug (Cor, bdac, Stuart)
       + no good reason to not extend the selection beyond it's unusual (Heiko)
       + perhaps thinking about the moving concept (Eyal)
       + how about use shift+tab to extend selection and move with plain tab (Eyal)
       + downside is that we change established key combinations (Eyal)
       + afraid of conflicts with OS; "don't mess with tab" (Heiko)
       + shift+tab unselects backwards
       + feels like a bug, in particular after the end of the table is reached (Rafael)
         + happens also when the selection is done per shift+arrow (Heiko)
           + and that feels like a bug too (Eyal)
         + not really a convenience feature as the same might be achieved with
           shift+arrow
       + simply press esc and get the expected tab interaction (Sahil)
       => WF, or not
    
     * Functionality request for Writer: improve dialog "Insert index entry"
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43530
       + META in bug 122497 (Stuart)
       + usual autocompletion of lists; IOW the dropdown has an entry
         starting with BAR (Heiko)
       + probably caused by unclear labels (Eyal)
       + maybe tooltips help (Eyal) or forward to documentation (Heiko)
       => resolve WF (with request to reopen with more details)
    
     * Improve/create visibility for font fallback lists in the UI
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161378
       + no reason to adjust or expand usage (Stuart)
       + bug is about lists of font families (Eyal)
       + font families are unclear to me; sounds like a legacy (Heiko)
       => no expertise in the group, comments on final proposal
         might be possible