Design/Meetings/2021-08-12

Link
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2021/msg00084.html

Minutes
Present: Heiko Comments: Gabor, Uwe, Jay, Stuart, Roman, Sibit, Luke, Mike, Csongor, Jan, Timur

Tickets/Topics

* UI: Autocorrect -> Autocompletion: Option to manually add things to the list + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143348 + being able to directly interact with a list supports confidence + having an edit field also allows to add shorter words => let's do it

* Empty table cell cannot be selected + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105828 + Options - Writer - Formatting Aids shows the hidden character which allows to select empty cells (Gabor) + show a marker on empty cells when formatting aids is disabled + bad solution for users who want plain WYSIWYG + access needs to be simple (Uwe) + actually it's still unclear why cells are ignored (whether per    click or via cursor right); a new empty table does not have this issue + the empty cells in the test document have set the hidden character attribute, so adding content does not show anyway + selecting hidden characters is not possible, it works like a cell protection => NAB

* START CENTER: A GUI means to filter the thumbnail view list of  MRU recent documents by module + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80934 + hovering over the modules button could grey out documents that open with other modules (Jay) + to allow scrolling the UI might keep this filter for some seconds or until escape is pressed (Stuart) + more demands from bug 143593 (search) and bug 72671 (filter) + using 100s of documents and having the same list as for the recent document MRU is a limitation (Sibit) + show dedicated UI elements (Roman) + has some advantage for a11y (Heiko) + if the controls clutter to much we could hide it until some button is pressed and/or also provide functions via context menu => do it

* [UI] On startup, showing recent documents, please allow selection of a set to open rather than just one + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143495 + use multi selection and/or checkboxes to mark documents to open (Luke) + restore the whole workspace (all documents that are open on exit) (Heiko) + if a document crashes the app the document list needs to be cleared + access to start center / dialog with this part from within a module see bug 77590 (Mike) => do both

* Add Expert option not to ask to save document if changed + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143578 + safety first (Mike, Csongor) + expert option or environment switch (Jan) + checkbox "[ ] Apply to All" on the confirmation using Save/Don't Save on all dialogs (Heiko) => up to QA; UX must not be affected

* Easy way to allow to protect individual cells + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143349 + workflow of protect all cells and disable individually is the same in Excel + additional read-only state? (Heiko) + not a good idea better fix bugs and provide a special cell style (Timur) => do it