Design/Templates and documents rework/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?

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)

Scrolling is Not Continuous
The scrollbar feels heavy when trying to move it, as it moves by increments.

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.

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.

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

Search Bar Should Replace Path Bar
Or should it? This probably depends on where the path bar is located, finally

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.

"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
 * 52006aa4050a07fcc238f3cc9e1faa1ac95d08ec
 * 1ce372eec4dd0e4e807baa7bbf568245b955f99f

"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

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 and fixed by