Bug 112242 - Questionable position of the toplevellist drop-down list in new customize dialog
Summary: Questionable position of the toplevellist drop-down list in new customize dialog
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.0.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Customise-Dialog 112133
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Reported: 2017-09-05 16:25 UTC by Regina Henschel
Modified: 2017-09-06 07:09 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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old vs new Customize dialog (Writer) (62.87 KB, image/png)
2017-09-05 22:17 UTC, V Stuart Foote
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Description Regina Henschel 2017-09-05 16:25:28 UTC
If you want to customize something, you start with the tabs of the dialog, e.g. with "Menu". Next step is to narrow the selection, e.g. to "Help". I expect the tool to narrow my selection just below the tab. But it is far away in a different column. In addition, it has no label.
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2017-09-05 22:17:04 UTC
Created attachment 136051 [details]
old vs new Customize dialog (Writer)
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2017-09-05 22:23:35 UTC
In general I'm OK with the revised dialog but some usability issues with the new layout.

Some labeling is missing--and the unfiltered megalist of functions on the left is a bit daunting. There is no guidance (other than descriptions) as to which controls are reasonable additions to the default configurations.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2017-09-06 07:09:20 UTC
Search was always on top and should be there. The original proposal [1] was to use a tree instead of the flattened lists without the 'Category' filter. This idea was rejected because of simpler controls and less implementation effort. So it's a WF, unfortunately.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IPXkYMmyXQzoVUdMpnBeoQdf-LNp5_oNaqfW6OFhxqA/