Note: The following description explains only about `line color` behaviour. But it also refers to fill color behaviour, as it is the same. Note2: This suggestion applies to Writer and Calc (and Draw(?)) as well. Current situation: ===================== (1) Line color and line style are two completely independent settings. (2) You can set the line color as much as you want. As long as the style says `None` there will be no effect. Problem: ===================== - In case of Impress, there are no style settings shown in the default UI. For the novice user it looks like he/she cannot set the colors - Imo a continuous line is the common case. For this common case it's necessary to do two steps, even though the second step is very likely to happen. Suggested behaviour: ===================== (3) If the style is `none` and a color gets set to something, the style changes to `continuous` (or `color` regarding fill colors). Why? ===================== Imo a user who sets a color, usually want this color to take effect. Setting a color with style `none` is rather unlikely. As (imo again) the common case / most simple case is a solid/continuous style. Any other style would be set by the advanced user later.
Created attachment 187129 [details] screenshot In Writer, when you set a line style to None, the color is Inactive. The same in Impress. See screenshot. Please retest on a newer version. Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 6c042848b688f64b3c56d65dd9dc5fe85412660a CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded