Bug 142524

Summary:	Minor aesthetic change: Command search results should use triangle (▸) to indicate sequence
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Adolfo Jayme Barrientos <fitojb>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	heiko.tietze, jbfaure, ming.v.hua
Priority:	lowest
Version:	7.2.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:	target:24.2.0
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	91874

Description Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2021-05-27 09:52:24 UTC

We now try to use the triangle (▸)¹ in user-facing strings as part of an effort to improve microtypography in the user interface. See https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Guidelines/UIWriting#Typography

The results of the command search should thus display like this…:

    Edit ▸ Find and Replace

… instead of the current:

    Edit / Find and Replace

⸻
 [1]: Or “◂” in RTL environments. This Unicode character has directionality, so in theory it should flip automatically according to the language’s writing direction.

Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2021-05-27 11:46:08 UTC

Are you sure this character is defined in all fonts?

Comment 2 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2021-05-27 16:14:37 UTC

It exists in DejaVu (which we ship and can fallback on), as well as in SF Pro (macOS), Source, and other Windows system fonts (although not yet in Segoe UI Variable from Windows Dev build 21376… but Windows displays OK, ATM; I’ve tested LO in my Insider install).

Comment 3 Ming Hua 2021-05-28 00:56:25 UTC

(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
> Are you sure this character is defined in all fonts?
FWIW, we are already using this character extensively in tip-of-the-day dialog.

Comment 4 Buovjaga 2023-10-08 19:38:03 UTC

Patch: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/157689

Had to take directionality into account conditionally by looking at config, it was not automatic.

Comment 5 Commit Notification 2023-10-09 15:48:08 UTC

Ilmari Lauhakangas committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/72d6287c586a2481c62bf21d88bb363ce584b8dd

tdf#142524 Search Commands: use ▸ to indicate sequence

It will be available in 24.2.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.