Design/Meetings/2021-03-03

Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2021/msg00023.html

Minutes
Present: Sascha, Heiko Comments: Andreas

Tickets/Topic

* FILEOPEN: easier access to scale drawings + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66470 + add a Scale section to the statusbar showing the actual value and allow to change per context menu + saving at the document could be handy (Sascha) => feedback/access per statusbar

* UI: [Enhancement] Option to keep cursor vertically centered in viewport + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66975 + ideally add a command for customization and perhaps assign it    to scroll lock; should be shown in the statusbar + maybe good for an extension; definitely low priority (Sascha) + what happens at document end? activate the direct cursor mode? what on jump via Navigator what if the position is occupied by an object? => recommend to resolve WF but if someone volunteers...

* Page naming "right" and "left" is wrong for right-to-to left documents should be "odd" and "even" + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140655 + see also bug 94847 + left/right has no meaning and even/odd would have been better + but changing left/right to even/odd has a many consequences, eg. header/footer "same content on..." + hinting for l10n might be a solution in some cases but irritate people who switch between languages => agreement to the change

* UI: Footnote area in Tools _> Footnotes and endnotes not self-explaining + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140347 + anything unclear in respect to comment 2? + labels are not self-explanatory (Sascha) + change "Text area" and "Footnote area" to      "Text marker" and "Footnote marker" => do it easyhackable

* Add 4 more default bullet types to toolbar split button and dialog + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106507 + what bullets/numbering schemes exactly should we use? + see also bug 120905 (revamp the dialog) and attachment to bug 140612 + provide better bullets (Andreas) + more items don't solve the issue of bad presets and configurability (neither when improving the presets) + preferably we have a kind of favorite function and users can pick the best eight out of unlimited and self-made list styles (Heiko) + small-screen users want small widgets (Sascha) => no objection when the bullets are improved but better revamp the dialog than adding more items

* func keyword entry on Elements pane should insert a function name suggesting user to modify it  + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140726 + func <?>(<?>) is hard to understand + func (<?>) is not localizable + but since this function is likely used by experts and the terminology is well-known this solution hurts less => go for it