Design/Templates and documents rework/Design Bugs

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    Visual Design Bugs

    No Visual Separation Between Unrelated Toolbar buttons

    The solution is either space or a vertical line between unrelated items

    Import and Export icons are too similar (?)

    description changed by Astron, Apr 10, 2013 – both icons are (evidently) there, but maybe a bit too similar?

    Path Bar Looks Out-of-Place

    It should use the same background as the template grid.

    Path Bar Should Show a ">" Between Folders

    ... to make it obvious it is a breadcrumb.

    Clickable path bar entries should be differentiated

    Make them blue, perhaps?

    Save as Template Dialogue Should Not Contain Empty Space Where the Tab Bar Would Be in the Normal Dialogue

    Sort by name" has large Galaxy icon amidst smaller Tango icons

    No Galaxy Theming for Template Manager

    tdf#61392

    Size of thumbnails within folder rectangle changes when clicking on/hovering over folder

    Folders That Contain Only Files Without Thumbnail Appear Empty

    It would be good to show a small (16*16 or so) thumbnail in this case

    Tabs blink when moving mouse over them

    This is might be something that is not related to the Template dialogue in particular, but might be related to the new layout stuff (I read something like this somewhere). (Astron's OS is: Linux, GTK+ 2 on Gnome 3)

    Grid Is Not Flexible

    Currently, all grid rows are exactly the same height – unfortunately this means unconditionally adding unsightly whitespace to the bottom of an item even if all items have only a one-line file name. In a similar vein, the size allocated for thumbnails is fixed too. Note that the grid should only be flexible vertically.

    All Thumbnails/Document Icons Should Have a Common Baseline

    Most file managers do it like this, and it just looks better

    Selection background looks too heavy – Add transparency

    Currently, the selection background can be very dark (depending on the user's theme, of course), and it is always very large – so that it may seem a little overwhelming. (TODO: Check macOS – there may be a very light colour)

    Interaction bugs

    Scrolling is Not Continuous

    The scrollbar feels heavy when trying to move it, as it moves by increments.

    No Drag and Drop Functionality

    Sort By Name is confusing

    It does not make much sense to sort uppercase first, lowercase second initially – by default, just use the sorting that most file managers have:

    • folders first, sorted by: [symbols] [numbers] [letters]
    • files last, again sorted by [symbols] [numbers] [letters]

    The place in the UI where the Sort-by-Name function currently is could be used to introduce a function to reverse the sort order [letters backwards] [numbers backwards] [symbols backwards].

    Save As Template dialogue needs to be modal

    Otherwise, users might become confused where their save dialogue has gone after e.g. clicking on the main window.

    Save As Template dialogue should close after saving

    Creating a new folder should not need a dialog (just add a folder "Untitled Folder" and let the user edit the name of it in place)

    Renaming templates is too easy

    Templates should only be renameable after selecting them (click 1), then clicking on the title (click 2), to be consistent with e.g. Windows Explorer. (Some file managers, like Nautilus, do not allow to rename a file like that and only offer the function via keyboard (F2) and the context menu. Investigate why.)

    There should be some kind of visual feedback after making a template the default

    A tick or a star over the thumbnail? Permanent or fading after a few seconds?

    Pressing Esc should not close window when search bar is open (should only search bar)

    In fact, should Esc ever close the template window?

    No big, obvious Open button

    While most people can and do double click, having an Open button at the beginning of the toolbar is probably still a good idea.

    Miscellaneous Bugs

    Properties dialog should show the thumbnail, not a live preview with toolbars

    Empty folders should be automatically deleted

    This needs some more thought – but currently, we probably don't want this.

    Each category should have a "Blank" template

    If one sets another template as default, he might still want to use a blank template sometime. We might either:

    • list them as the first item of the corresponding tab
    • list all of them in a separate tab

    Path Bar Should Be Shown in the Top-Most Folder

    Search Bar Should Replace Path Bar

    Or should it? This probably depends on where the path bar is located, finally

    Search Field Should Replace Search Button

    Actions that can't be accomplished should not show up on the toolbar

    "Delete" shouldn't show up if a folder is not deletable. "Move to folder" shouldn't show up if a template is not movable. "Edit template" shouldn't show up if it only opens the template in read-only mode.

    "Refresh" seems unnecessary when working locally (probably has a use remotely)

    It would be better to just check the local file system for updates. That said, most file manager (at least Nautilus and Windows Explorer still allow refreshing with F5), so maybe we do want to keep it in even if there will eventually be an auto-refresh feature.

    Fixed

    "Sort by Name" Doesn't Seem to Sort Folders Alphabetically

    The folders are sorted correctly, only that first appear Uppercase ones and then lowercase ones

    Double-clicking on a title only selects, doesn't open

    Fixed by this patch https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/1610/

    Clicking on empty space doesn't deselect

    Fixed by commit 316463e4a9365cbe276bf6bc7f628dc2fab4fe45

    Clicking on a template twice deselects it

    Fixed by commit 44f49ff0db0e22c21f020f9fbd7c95526bc0b55f

    Clicking "Set as default" shouldn't deselect the template

    Fixed by this patch: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/1611/

    "All" Category Is Unnecessary

    Fixed by commits

    "All Templates" Path Can Get Easily Confused with "All" Category

    "All" Category is dead, shouldn't be the case any longer.

    After clicking a folder, then double-clicking it, the "Delete" button stays

    Fixed by commit a03f34ce76108b452f2bb655e3a551dcd23ab644

    The template toolbar sometimes changes

    It changes whenever the user scrolls or changes category with a template selected.

    Fixed by commit 7d792f39b2ca40511544c8a61d7d7f6acdd48bcf

    Folders with a Single Template Inside Them Look Like a Template

    Some kind of folderly shape in the background would help... Fixed by commit d75d7a5108346c3e84859e5946d49f11f8d7d785

    Focus not in search bar

    After clicking the "Search" button, the cursor should be in the input field. Fixed by commit 4651402a5399e00f62311bb3fe545413b0818a2d

    No UI to rename folders / templates

    See tdf#60579

    Saving a template in a new folder is a pain

    User needs to save the template in an existing folder and then move to a new folder. Fixed by commmit 8d5c061cd66c2a0d41ceda7b61cacef1365f7c4f

    Toolbar Doesn't Show "Import" By Default

    Fixed by a544f366867cb03ccc3a90703fc437e81fabc7a2

    Search and Gearwheel Button Hide When a Template is selected

    Fixed by f7c47eddc9d736ec59772106cada2e4adde9c82c

    No way to select multiple templates

    The dialog should support either Shift- and Ctrl-clicking or lassoing around templates.

    Ctrl+Click is implemented, Shift-click isn't

    Fixed by commits

    Template Manager Can Be Opened Multiple Times

    Reported as tdf#72587 and fixed by 60126254eba8a6a6b94c60b2101ee90986161e24