https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158541
Bug ID: 158541
Summary: simplify start-center document selection
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: l...@disr.it
Description:
The current UI is overly complex while adding little value but adding
confusion.
This is a proposal to simplify the start-center document selection UI.
Screenshot 2023-11-15 left keyboard, right mouse over.png shows current UI.
There was discussion about how to change this in
- https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158084
- https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158404
Steps to Reproduce:
Look at current start center behavior
Actual Results:
Hightlight one: dark blue: keyboard selection (enter press does open document)
Highlight two: light blue: mouse over (enter press still opens document with
highlight one, probably because it is assumed that that is the document used
for keyboard interaction)
Expected Results:
1. when opening start-center the first document is highlighted. That highlight
can be moved with arrow keys. Hovering the mouse would take over document
highlight. It is confusing to have two documents highlighted at the same time
in order to make a selection. This proposal ensures to remove confusion as to
why two documents would be highlighted at the same time.
2. #158084 here was about using different highlight colors for selected vs
mouse over. I understand the idea, but following the suggestion from 1. this
would be obsolete. And I tend to find using two different colors in the same
selection for two different selection methods even more confusing.
3. selection can be done via keyboard or mouse at any point in time. When mouse
selection took over, keyboard selection continues from the last selected
document.
4. another benefit is, that enter press could open document even from mouse
hover, since a differentiation between mouse and keyboard selection no longer
is needed.
5. what did I forget to cover?
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1a74a87b442857567d20da5dc97bbbc278745afd
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 13.6.1; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
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