https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91058
Bug ID: 91058
Summary: Show styles by means of subtle text background colours
EDITING:
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 4.3.7.2 rc
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: c...@chrblee.net
During correpondence with Henrik Just about his export filters Writer2latex and
Writer2HTML (ePub variant), we discussed the importance of attaching a style to
every element of a document and verifying that that has been done. This matters
also for the eLAIX eBook exporter and more broadly for any usage where a
template must be followed.
Henrik showed that a developer like him can make style-specific background
colours that can be switched on and off as required. I propose that this
function be provided as standard.
Ideally, the colours should be quite faint, one base colour for each style
family, perhaps with variations of pattern or colour for the individual styles.
Patterns of thin vertical or horizontal lines would enable, for example,
character and paragraph styles to be indicated without mutual interference.
Usually, not many styles are used in a given document so the range of colours
should not be an issue, and their (automatic?) assignments could easily be
identified from the Styles panel. Users would soon get used to checking a page
just by glancing at it.
The only slight difficulty I forsee is with list styles in paragraph styles.
These can't be removed or changed without going elsewhere than the Styles panel
to turn off Bullets & Numbering, so there may be scope for the pretty colour
scheme to get confused.
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