Created attachment 112402 [details] LibreOffice font selector display in standard toolbar Problem description: The display field for the font name in the standard toolbar is too short. You cannot tell whether a difference between "Bitstream Vera Sans" and "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", because only "Bitstream Vera S" shows. It's independent of the screen resolution, even on full HD displays the field remains too small. Steps to reproduce: 1. open LibreOffice writer 2. choose between the two fonts mentioned above 3. can you tell a difference? Current behavior: display field is too short Expected behavior: display field has to be 50% wider
TESTING on Ubuntu 14.04 with LO Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 84c69550bcb8139669de9cf98b51c35f21fe853d TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@46-TDF, Branch:master, Time: 2015-01-13_08:44:23 Locale: en_US (In reply to Holger Jakobs from comment #0) > Steps to reproduce: > 1. open LibreOffice writer > 2. choose between the two fonts mentioned above > 3. can you tell a difference? > > Current behavior: > display field is too short The field is definitely too short to display the full names of fonts. Example: 'Linux Libertine Display G' gets truncated to 'Linux Libertine Dis'. The issue here is what to do with long names? Display the font name smaller? Widen the font field? This is one for the UX Masters to address: Component -> ux-advise Status -> NEW
Comment on attachment 112402 [details] LibreOffice font selector display in standard toolbar fix mimetype
We're replacing our use of the 'ux-advise' component with a keyword: Component -> LibreOffice Add Keyword: needsUXEval [NinjaEdit]
This problem has become much more pressing with the 5.3 release. Now OpenType Layout features can be controlled in the *font name* field, e.g. as follows: Linux Libertine G:smcp=1 Linux Libertine G:pnum=1&onum=1 The font name field should be wider so differences like these can be spotted.
We talked about this issue today in the design/UX meeting. The control is well designed for most font names and should be kept small to leave space for other icons. Possible solution of a dynamic tooltip that shows the full font name or introducing a splitter so the user can resize the control are not easy to implement. Since we have a good the workaround with the sidebar where the control resizes this was decided to be a WFM.