Bug 139012 - UI: Font tab formatting options could be shown in button instead of drop down
Summary: UI: Font tab formatting options could be shown in button instead of drop down
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.2.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2020-12-17 19:09 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2021-05-31 13:29 UTC (History)
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Description Telesto 2020-12-17 19:09:35 UTC
Description:
UI: Font tab formatting options could be shown in button instead of drop down

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Write
2. Sidebar -> Paragraph style deck -> Right click default paragraph style -> Modify
3. Font tab

Actual Results:
Drop down for formatting options

Expected Results:
Probably also a matter of taste..  kind of liking the idea of formatting buttons (as in toolbar) instead of drop down. I might be more visual oriented. Disliking reading lines of text.. And stuff being hidden behind drop down. So no never now what's kind of options are in the list.. And the number of options being pretty limited

OTOH: font effects does the same.. and the list with options to long to replace with buttons.. so based on consistency the current makes sense


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: e97a81e94511b52987a50b7bdb72c922899da588
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2020-12-18 07:21:12 UTC
(In reply to Telesto from comment #0)
> 2. Sidebar -> Paragraph style deck -> Right click default paragraph style ->
> Modify
> 3. Font tab

What is the "Paragraph style deck"? Paragraph properties dialog - has no font tab, Character properties - what dropdown, Styles & Formatting - no font.

Think I get it, you mean the Paragraph Style dialog (not direct formatting). But the font tab has no dropdown except for the language. Font Effects has many, however. And there are some tickets- more specifically discussing the dropdowns. So again, what exactly is it about?
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2020-12-18 14:37:32 UTC
(In reply to Telesto from comment #0)
> ...
> Actual Results:
> Drop down for formatting options
> 
> Expected Results:
> Probably also a matter of taste..  kind of liking the idea of formatting
> buttons (as in toolbar) instead of drop down. I might be more visual
> oriented. Disliking reading lines of text.. And stuff being hidden behind
> drop down. So no never now what's kind of options are in the list.. And the
> number of options being pretty limited
> 
> OTOH: font effects does the same.. and the list with options to long to
> replace with buttons.. so based on consistency the current makes sense
> 
> 
The 'Font' tab of the 'Default Paragraph Style' style SB deck's dialog has just three "selections" droplists for selection of 'Font', 'Style', and 'Size' with a button control to launch a smart type 'Features' dialog to select Graphite or OpenType features of the font.  The layout of the dialog will shift depending on per user language setting selection (Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages).

But for any dialog layout, I fail to see how a Button control rather than a Droplist would be appropriate for selection of Font, Style or Size?

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