https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95731
Bug ID: 95731
Summary: Panel for Styles and formatting
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 5.0.1.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: j...@seznam.cz
Created attachment 120447
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unuseful area in actual panel
I have a feeling, that Panel for Styles and Formatting has staid in the half of
way and is not very good usable. Problems:
- A lot of free space in the Panel that resulting in needing to reserved a lot
of space in the desktop (see image origin, size ...).
- Not all type of objects can be formatted by this Panel (tables, frames, some
part of graphic setup).
- Good implementation of the Panel can spare a desktop place as work area can
be higher through transfer icon from toolbars into this Panel (typical height
of monitors is not very optimal for text processing and each pixel is useful).
There is also not very pleasant effects during switching icon toolbar during,
for instance, transiting from plain text into table, or image.
Suggestion:
1. Redesign the main control elements (a part of that are duplicated) on the
right side. It would be the best to concentrate these control elements into one
select box placed direct to the window header (if it is possible; width of the
Panel is reduced from ~300px to ~250px, about 20%. see image main menu)
All other suggestions are related to Properties. Other parts of the Panel
(Styles and formatting, Gallery and Navigator) are without changes.
2. Redesign layout of the Panel for text editing (character, paragraph). It
would be perfect to move select box for character and paragraph styles into
header of the section. See image new concept, panel size is reduced bellow
250x300 px
3. Add sections for Insert, Table, Frame, Header and Footer, see image section.
It would be perfect to place direct into head context sensitive buttons for
inserting Table, Image and Graphic, see image new context.
4. Popup section for Table, see image Table.
When the cursor is in the table, this section contents icon for add and delete
row and column, split and join cells, setting color (highlighting?), vertical
aligning, border, suma, formula editor and sorting. It is by my opinion base
set of operation with table.
When cursor is in the plain text, there can be a button for inserting a table
in the header of this section (and body of section absent).
5. Redesign section for the Graphic – add control for anchor. I think, that a
better way for setting wrap is using Select box, as icons are not very
understanding. In this section is added position of image. See image Graphic.
6. Popup section for Frame, see image Frame. This is similar to section
Graphic, see image Frame.
7. Redesign section for Page into state similar to other section, see image
Page. It would be more convenient to use a classic Select box as is used for
instance for select style. Actual are used extraordinal widgets and Panel for
Styles and formatting is closed during selection – very unpleasant. These
includes actual control of page size, orientation, margins (I would prefer to
use the same control elements as are in the panel Page style – left, right,
top, botton) and number of columns. It would be perfect to add select box for
page style direct into the header of the section and select box for Layout
setting – page layout.
8. In the same manner add section for header and footer – with control elements
for same content left/right, same content on the first page, spacing and
autofit height, see image Header.
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