Design/Meetings/2021-12-02

Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2021/msg00116.html

Minutes
Present: Heiko Comments: Thomas, Stuart, Mike, Dieter, Gerhard, Eyal

Tickets/Topics

* Column width dialog doesn't allow setting width of all columns at once Columns tab of Table Properties dialog doesn't allow setting width of  all columns to same value + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145738 + the command Distribute Columns Evenly does the trick (Gerhard) + then have it at the dialog too (Eyal) + clutters the UI further (Heiko) + Adjust Column Width proportionally works well, after Adapt Table Width is checked for not full-size table, allowing to have 'remaining space'; unclear why the dialog should size proportionally as new tables are created accordingly (Heiko) => resolve WF

* Column tab of Table Properties dialog is confusing and frustrating + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145739 + help is sufficient (Gerhard) + many tickets around this topic (Heiko) => keep this ticket for the UI revamp task

* Ability to forbid the use of direct formatting + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53847 + idea has some benefits (Thomas) + per MUFFIN/Notebookbar (Stuart) + per template/extension (Heiko) + done via "Formatting (Styles)" toolbar (requires to manually    disable the other toolbars (Heiko)     + does not cover all UI elements incl. sidebar (Thomas)   + implement UNO commands to modify style-level character and     paragraph properties first (bug 107865) (Thomas)   => no further input, removing needsUXEval keyword

* add Comments field to Styles + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145518 + good idea (Mike, Dieter) + recommend to show the comment eventually per tooltip at    the Stylist; so the text should be short => do it

* Improvement - PDF export defaults in Options/General + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54052 + OP asks not for a particular option but rather all as default values + PDF documents are expected as different from each other, ie. one requires option A while the other needs B (Heiko) => resolve WF