Design/Meetings/2024-11-20

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    https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2024/msg00135.html

    Minutes

    Present: Sahil, Eyal, Rafael, John, Heiko
    Comments: Cor, Regina. Ilmari
    
    Tickets/Topics
    
     * Allow deletion of a master slide in-use and its using slides,
       via a confirmation dialog
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163823
       + too drastic and may result in the deletion of all slides (Rafael)
       + slides using this master could be delete after confirmation (Eyal)
       + no principal objection to this proposal (Cor, Rafael)
       + block master slide deletion as long a slide uses it, ie. keep
         the current state (Heiko)
       + use case is to switch master; there is no info on its used (Eyal)
       + if we had a way to select all slides with some master it could
         be also a solution (Eyal)
         + Writer allows to search/replace paragraph styles, could
           be implemented similarly in Impress (Heiko)
       => keep ticket
    
     * No option to resize chart area while maintaining height-vs-width
       proportions
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163816
       + resizing is not possible with keeping ratio when in edit mode (Regina)
       + reasonable request (Rafael)
       => introduce the shift modifier to retain the aspect ratio
    
     * Want mechanism to restrict slide contents to area used by content
       on the master
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163511
       + just assign the slide layout again; no special indicator
         needed (Regina)
       + keep it simple and use the layout; ie. WF (Heiko)
       + other objects aren't clipped with layouting; we should apply the
         operation move/resize to all objects (Eyal)
       + request makes sense (John)
       + introduce another method to have both options (Sahil)
       => do it
    
     * When changing special char dialog search term - keep position
       and highlighted char
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163817
       + keep search on key press (Heiko)
       + last selected position is remembered; not against this request but
         don't see a strong use case for this either (Rafael)
         + yet it is the last position rather than the search result (Heiko)
         + grey background is not visible on gtk3 (Eyal)
       + asking to keep the selection only as long the result
         contains it (Eyal)
       + use case is either a large number of search results, eg. circum,
         or similar looking items (Eyal)
       => do it
    
     * Support continuing paragraph numbering from one drawing object
       in another
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163819
       + Writer has "[ ] Restart numbering" (Cor)
         + lists are not available for floating text boxes (Heiko)
       + correct solution is to have real paragraph styles in sd
         plus assigned list styles (Heiko)
       + could be realized per extension (Sahil)
       + see also bug 163245 (Eyal), is a duplicate (Heiko)
       => keep it
    
     * Selecting Embossed/Engraved disables Outline and Shadow - but
       doesn't uncheck them
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163809
       + disabled state is sufficient and correct (Ilmari, Regina, Heiko)
       + current implementation feels correct (Rafael, Cor)
       + accept NAB (Eyal)
       => NAB