Design/Meetings/2016-05-20

Link
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Minutes-of-the-Design-Hangout-2016-May-20-tc4184105.html

Minutes
May 21, 2016; 9:51am Heiko Tietze-2 Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-May-20

Present: Samuel, Jay, Heiko, Susobhan, Akshay

Google Summer of Code * Template Manager (Akshay) * May-20: + New template manager & save dialog implemented ( https:// gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/24545/ ) + Bug/Enhancement report https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/ show_bug.cgi?id=95402#c15 + ToDo list: https://trello.com/b/TyXddFQQ/libreoffice-new-template-manager + Many fixes upcoming + Planned for 5.2 + What control use for new categories? (Samuel/Heiko: Combobox, Akshay: List, Jay: two controls) + Akshay/Jay: will try the options and decide * Progress of Area Fill project (Rishabh) * May-20: + Pattern is being move to a separate tab; still need predefined samples + there is a bug report about patterns (Jay) - tdf#94547 + Gradient controls have been moved + Hatching was moved, patch is under review + Discussion about Add/Delete/Modify favorizing to turn it into Save plus the current dialog when changes weren't saved

* Progress of Sidebar Improvements (Susobhan) * May-20 + Working on completing Impress's Slide Background content panel - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89466 + Make Writer's Page tab patch compilable - https:// gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/17904 Enhancements and proposals * May-20: Add Character spacing widget to toolbar? (Samuel) + Add as hidden but do not show by default (Jay/Heiko) * May-20: Moving the spacing and indent buttons next to the labels (Rishabh, Jay) + https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/23368/ + http://picpaste.com/Screenshot_from_2016-05-20_17_40_21-bsu7pdhh.png + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82966 https://bug-attachments.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=105123 + Concerns about anchors, i.e. spacing looks like attached to the center instead of the label (Samuel) + Perhaps remove the +/- buttons to clean up the UI (Jay) + Sidebar HIG requests one-click interactions with favorite options (Heiko) Gallery: Integration of additional symbol sets * May-20: First steps * Started to investigate the current status (Heiko) + 68 arrows, 92 bullets, 18 computer, 108 diagram... + ~90% as svg but some png + various sizes for svg and png + svg with gradients are not always well defined (path for primitives) + gradients are badly interpreted (tdf#64464) -> too many objects without a good concept * Web wizard is buggy and very outdated + Agreed (Samuel: tdf#99967 ) + Drop homepage category from gallery (Jay) * Started to create new objects (Heiko) + e.g. BPMN http://dia-installer.de/shapes/BPMN/index.html + simple shapes and grouped does not work well (e.g. glue point issues tdf#45864, tdf#96419, depend on style) + better use custom shapes (Regina per email) + works weird for styles and formatting + no UI for custom shapes! * Contraints for factory gallery items + one size, e.g. 1cm by 1cm + only vector graphics + one format at best odg + Samuel: needs discussion, e.g. odg is a document format + Jay: there is a bug report - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/ show_bug.cgi?id=87906 + min 10, max 50 items per category + max 20 categories + Could be easily more when searching is possible (Jay) + careful naming of objects + ...   * Numerous issues with Insert SVG filter (https:// bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88278) + Surprisignly similar to PDF filter issues (tdf#99746, Draw related only) * Suggestion to have a hack fest for Gallery and SVG (Regina per email) Draw * May-20: Continued reorganization of bugs + META: Enhance Draw's block diagram capabilities (tdf#99563) + SUB META: Improve Connector handling (tdf#99649 +13) + SUB META: Introduce auto generation of block diagram (tdf#99669, +2) + META: Enhance Draw's vector graphics capabilities (tdf#99622) + SUB META: Improve Layer Handling (tdf#99648 +13) + SUB META: Improve Gallery (tdf#99671 +8) + META: Enhance Draw's DTP capabilities (tdf#99525) + SUB META: Improve PDF filter handling (tdf#99746 +29) + tdf#49247, tdf#99339 + search for svg in Draw results in ~50 bug tickets + tried to go through but resigned after ~10 + moved some to graphics stack + most/all are attached to Meta: insert SVG image filter (all modules) tdf#88278

(Pad was cleaned up and received some minor reorganizations)