The current pivot table dialog currently only shows this label as instructions: "<u>Drag the Items into the Desired Position</u>" ...but there is a hidden feature there, that I could never discover by myself until I stumbled on it in the user manual, and it shouldn't be that hard to discover: the fact that you can double-click to configure how a particular field item is represented/calculated. So at the very least, this info label should say: "<b>Tip:</b> drag & drop items to the desired positions. Double-click them to configure how they are calculated." Of course this does not replace a more complete UI overhaul to make it easier to understand (bug #131654) but at least changing this label could be done _now_ as a very easy hack, probably one line of code, and the change preserved in whatever new design may come up later down the road.
Did you try to read the Calc guide? There are many hidden and brilliant features in Calc and after the reading you will know many interesting things. I don't think we need this. -1
Yes I have had a look at the user manual, yet I believe in self-documenting UIs, and I think this is a pretty important feature that is worth the few extra words on the existing label widget. By your logic, the UI should not try to help the user with hints, not even the existing "Drag the Items into the Desired Position" label, because users should just RTFM.
(In reply to Jeff Fortin Tam from comment #2) > By your logic, the UI should not try to help the user with hints, not even > the existing "Drag the Items into the Desired Position" label, because users > should just RTFM. UI should be clear itself, but if we will write the sentence in dialogs for every possibly actions UI will not clear. Unfortunately, UX for the Pivot table layout options was just copied from MS Excel. We uses drag&drop in our dialogs a few times. Therefore there is the long tip in Pivot table layout dialog. I don't think we need another tip for double click action because there is a context menu in addition for that double click by item.
How about the idea with mockup #3 in bug 131654? https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=160522
No further input, removing UX keyword. Ticket should remain as reference. The actual solution is not to add static tips but to revamp the dialog.
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