Created attachment 136166 [details] Screen shot for font face to change In Writer not applicable instant preview for Fonts (Size,Color,Highlights,Face)before applying to Selected words. Step 1: Open LibreOffice Writer Step 2: Type any words or sentence (Ex:Welcome to LibreOffice) Step 3: Select the words or sentence Step 4: Click the font Face tab and view the different types of faces, before applying to change it do not show the preview. Step 5: Repeat the step 4 for font Size, font Color and font Highlights. Environment: LibreOffice 5.4.0.3 Windows 7 (32 bit)
I confirm this, but I'm not sure if it is possible to provide such a preview.
You screenshot shows the font name rendered as the font looks. This dropdown will not modify any other property like size or color. The full preview is limited to the left hand paragraph style dropdown or the styles list at the sidebar. If you define a character style with a certain font name, -size, and -color it will be shown full WYSIWYG there. If you expect to get immediate feedback when the selection changes this issue is kind of duplicate of bug 112175.
Yes, WFM. But note that the requested feature is handled via tabs of the Character dialog--applied as direct formatting, or when working up a paragraph style.
I am detailing here with one more example. 1. If you have Microsoft Word, Please open. 2. Type "LibreOffice". 3. Select the typed content. 4. Now move the cursor to Font Size / Font Face 5. Select in the drop down - any Font Size Example: 18 6. The font size is updated with the selected one before we apply. Now, try the same in LibreOffice Writer. 1. Open LibreOffice Writer. 2. Type "LibreOffice". 3. Select the typed content. 4. Now move the cursor to Font Size / Font Face 5. Select in the drop down - any Font Size Example: 18 6. The font size is NOT updated with the selected one before we apply.
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #3) > Yes, WFM. But note that the requested feature is handled via tabs of the > Character dialog--applied as direct formatting, or when working up a > paragraph style. Hi, Please go through my latest comment. Your suggestion is different from the feature what I am thinking about. Because, what you suggested is available in both Writer and MS Word. What I raised here is not present in LibreOffice Writer. Please correct me if I am wrong.
We talked about this request in the design meeting. The decision was to not recommend this behavior. Changes in dropdown controls should not get applied unless the user clicks an entry or leaves the control (i.e. tab) because of safety and performance. We wrote a guideline now that should describe the intended behavior: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Selection Sorry that your idea is not accept.
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I'd like to point out the inconsistency with Calc in this regards. It shows the live preview in the selected cell. Do you think it needs addressing to meet the guidelines?
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(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #8) > I'd like to point out the inconsistency with Calc in this regards. It shows > the live preview in the selected cell. Do you think it needs addressing to > meet the guidelines? Wouldn't make the guideline too complicated but have some exceptions. The default is no preview with Calc having some.
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