Design/Meetings/2016-07-08

Link
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Minutes-of-the-Design-Hangout-2016-Jul-08-tt4188232.html

Minutes
Jul 09, 2016; 3:02am Heiko Tietze-2 Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-Jul-08

2016-July-08 Present: + Jay, Heiko, Samuel, Szymon, Susobhan

Easy hacks and extensions

* https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34551 (Rotate fill effect) * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96015 (Help menu) * https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97918 (uno for distribution dlg) + probably no UX needed Google Summer of Code

* @all GSoC students: ESC asks for documentation of UI changes, which is important and required, please write at least a few bullet points and get in touch with the docu team (@ohallot, #libreoffice-doc) + Acknowledged

* Template Manager (Akshay/Samuel) + Working on emoji toolbar now since main project is finished + Documentation is on the list + Search functionality in start center: no progress + Remote templates: not being done

* Area Fill (Rishabh/Heiko) + Work completed this week - + Hatch tab - merged + Gradient tab - In review + Bitmap tab - In review + Rendering bug in pattern tab - + Icon view listbox - http://imgur.com/pYydQWz + Related to bug - https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100731 + Work in progress - + Pattern tab redesign. + Move all the fillstyle tabs inside the area tab. + Goals for next week - + Merge Gradient tab and Bitmap tab. + Move all the fillstyle tabs inside the area tab. + Fix the rendering issue for pattern tab. + Color tab - + Include mulitple palettes in color tab. + Include user.soc for custom colors. + Points to be discussed - + Include the Auto checkbox for gradient steps + Regression pointed out by quikee. + Default value set to 0 not 64. + Color tab design with multiple palette and user.soc list. + Discussion on workflow + Workflow for moving between fillstyle tabs inside area tab. + Preserve old entry selection till the dialog is open (?). + Multiple palettes in new color selecting widget to replace legacy color listbox.

* Sidebar Improvements (Susobhan) + Margins needed for Draw (upcoming) + 'Default' Shapes Panel up on gerrit - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/26770/ - Enable for Writer/Impress/Calc? -> Just for Draw (Jay) + Working on 'More' Shapes Panel

* Notebookbar (Szymon, Kendy, Samuel) + Testing instructions: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/NotebookBar + File menu + https://trello.com/c/Hp5b48z7/4-file-menu-tab + Fill the File tab and create a file menu - then see what is more useful + Might need a quick acess bar where users can add commands + quick access in ms office & wps - http://www.picpaste.com/pics/ms_word-0JUsuhTh.1467983629.png

Enhancements and proposals + Defaults for snap features "To object frame" and "To object points" (Heiko) + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93276 + IIRC there is some bug report that functionality doesn't work properly (Jay) + Snap to X interferes with snap to grid -> keep it as it is, WFM (/done) + Single Toolbar Mode (Samuel/Akshay/Yousuf) + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92218 + hiding toolbars need better concept (Samuel) + .uno command hides all toolbars first (including those from extensions) and show then the single tb       + user can reshow the other, now hidden tb's using the menu + Draw: Proposal for design session on Jul/15 + https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bbbjhMcbdbxPT3UQfaGDEhQ5vy2H1qu_a7b9ICeJ3Ck/edit?usp=sharing --