Bug 36964 - termchange "Remove Filter" to "Show all"
Summary: termchange "Remove Filter" to "Show all"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ux-advise (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.4.0 Beta4
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Samuel Mehrbrodt (allotropia)
URL:
Whiteboard: target:4.2.0
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Reported: 2011-05-08 05:48 UTC by Jochen
Modified: 2013-10-23 10:26 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Description Jochen 2011-05-08 05:48:32 UTC
Proposal for "Data -> Filter -> Remove Filter"
Old: "Remove Filter"
New: "Show all"

Justification:
"Remove Filter" is IMHO misleading/unclear.

Comment for German users:
Menüpunkt: Daten -> Filter
Alt: "Filter entfernen"
Neu: "Alles anzeigen"
Comment 1 Noel Power 2011-05-09 11:21:11 UTC
not a bug, if you wish to drive some change to the ui I think getting some agreement from the ux experts [1] ( and perhaps then opening a bug to faciliate the new change when agreed ) is probably a better way to go.  

[1] design@libreoffice.org
Comment 2 Stefan Knorr (astron) 2011-05-10 04:01:23 UTC
I'm reopening this after seeing this on the design list, where I think it's a bit misplaced as this is such a simple wording change.

I'm +1'ing, "Show all" for this function, or maybe "Show all values".
Comment 3 Volker Merschmann 2011-05-10 04:52:46 UTC
Changing to "Enhancement" and CCing Christoph Noack as a design represantive
Comment 4 Noel Power 2011-05-10 13:27:01 UTC
actually I think I was a bit rash, also it seems that Excel has similar terminology ( assuming the same functionality ) 
cc'ing kohei for his ( considered ) opinion
Comment 5 Kohei Yoshida 2011-05-10 13:56:20 UTC
I'm all for it actually.  It confused me as well because there are "Remove Filter" and also "Hide Autofilter".  Changing "Remove Filter" to "Show All" would make it less confusing at least.
Comment 6 Christoph 2011-05-24 15:42:34 UTC
Hi! Thought a bit about it and tried to find some information what the competition does ...
Excel 2003: Filter --> "Show all"
Excel 2007: Filter --> "Clear"

So our "Remove Filter" is already close to what Excel 2007 does - but they have the advantage that the equivalent to our "Hide Autofilter" is handled differently, so they avoid further confusion (as Kohei mentioned happens in LibO currently).

The problem with the proposed "Filter --> Show all" is, that it requires contextual information, because it means "Show all (data)", not the visible "Show all (filter"). Thus, before I had a look at the competition, my first thought was to use "Filter --> Reset" or "Filter --> Reset Filter" (Reset is used for e.g. styles and thus known within LibO/OOo.)

Finally, "Remove filter" seems to be as good/bad as "Show all" - no preference from my side (because I don't have access to a significant amount of user voices / usability tests concerning that). But, might "Reset (Filter)" / "Clear (Filter)" do the job a bit better - that would be my gut feeling (but nothing more)?
Comment 7 Samuel Mehrbrodt (allotropia) 2013-10-03 09:28:31 UTC
What does UX-Advise say?
Comment 8 Tin Man 2013-10-03 15:30:08 UTC
I agree with Christoph's comment.
"Show All" seems as vague and confusing as "Remove Filter" to me if not more. Clear/Reset filter seems much more clearcut.
Comment 9 Samuel Mehrbrodt (allotropia) 2013-10-04 06:56:48 UTC
Submitted a patch: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/6123
(Changed to "Reset Filter)
Comment 10 Commit Notification 2013-10-18 12:13:48 UTC
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=88c7e9717980caad0addf54d986a2f60d92c8a6a

fdo#36964 Wording change: "Remove Filter" -> "Reset Filter"



The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds
Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 11 Stanislav Horacek 2013-10-18 18:10:42 UTC
Help update pushed for review:
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/6323/
Comment 12 Commit Notification 2013-10-23 10:26:07 UTC
Stanislav Horacek committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/help/commit/?id=8fcc6911b8df398f174ac564569c7bbc107f8dfc

fdo#36964 change "Remove Filter" to "Reset Filter"



The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds
Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.