Design/Meetings/2020-10-14

Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2020/msg00126.html

Minutes
Present: Sascha, Heiko Comments: Eike, Jan

Tickets/Topic

* Chapter, Filename and Template should be be shown in "Select" frame not "Format" frame in Fields dialog - Document tab + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137236 + concerns about jumping UI (Heiko) + would just move the field to the middle column (Sascha) + not a big deal OTOH to have the input field at the right list (Sascha) => let's try; easyhackable

* Not possible to edit any fields inserted from Docinformation tab + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137298 + any obvious blocker to use the Edit button for access to individual properties? + Document > Sender reads data from Tools > Options and allows editing while DocInformation takes the values from File > Properties, which must not change (Heiko) + don't show the "Edit" button at all? (Sascha) + maybe just hide until it's editable, which is apparently only for one type possible => will double-check the options again and recommend solution (Sascha)

* Add option to toggle image resize-by-mouse aspect ratio behaviour + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133784 + provide an option whether aspect ration is on or off (still toggle per    shift)? + would keep it (Sascha) + report seems to be not correct, all modules keep aspect ratio unless shift is pressed + Writer cannot group images and shapes but Draw/Impress and Calc; groups with a shape behave like shapes and do not keep the aspect ratio => WF; options for everything are detrimental to usability

* Improve pivot table workflow and usage + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137321 + extra sidebar deck for PIVOT functions? + GSheets has a well working sidebar too (Jan) + MSO as well (Sascha) + other improvements would be solved with the sidebar (Heiko) + properties show the layout dialog, don't    see need for more (Heiko) => introduce sidebar; mockup needed

+ https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137327 + is the warning sufficient or not? + add warning on subsequently Save's after the first SaveAs (xls) (Eike) + warning should be shown on repeated save operations (Sascha) + Issue on more scenarios (Cor) + load and CVS (same as file open): we show "The data could not be loaded      completely because the maximum number of rows per sheet was exceeded." + save as XLS (see above) + headless doesn't evoke any warning! (Heiko) + soffice --headless --convert-to ods foo.csv (with more rows that      can be shown) evokes no warning but should definitely (resulting sheet       just missed the remaining rows) + soffice --headless --convert-to xls foo.ods (ods with max number of rows) gives no warning at all + external source is unclear => needs to be fixed; high priority
 * Give user specific warning when saving a spreadsheet with > 65536 rows as XLS