https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140684
Bug ID: 140684 Summary: drop-down list "gutter position" is unsuitable UI Product: LibreOffice Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ Master Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) OS: Windows (All) Status: UNCONFIRMED Keywords: needsUXEval Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: Writer Assignee: libreoffice-b...@lists.freedesktop.org Reporter: rb.hensc...@t-online.de CC: libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org Created attachment 170088 --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=170088&action=edit document for testing gutter position Open attached document. It is a document in portrait orientation with a single page in landscape. It has set gutter width of 15mm. Go to page style "Landscape" and change the gutter position to "Top". Notice that the page in landscape orientation correctly has the additional space from gutter at top. But the other pages have lost their gutter space. Save and reload. Now all pages have the gutter area applied to the top edge. Go to page style "Default Page Style" and set the gutter position back to "Left". All looks fine now. But save and reload. Now the page in landscape orientation has the additional gutter space at the left edge. The behavior of the item "Top" is unpredictable for users and bug reports about it are inevitable. Technical reason is, that "top" is in fact not a property of a page style but a document setting. It is not stored in a page style in styles.xml but in settings.xml. My proposal is, to remove the drop-down list at all: a) There are currently not plans to implement "Top" as page style property (request bug 140570). b) Instead of introducing a separate item "Right" that users can use in RTL context (request 140568) and would require a drop-down list, it would be possible to automatically detect the "binding edge" from writing mode and page layout. c) It would automatically solve bug 140561. Instead of the drop-down list add a checkbox with label: "Apply gutter space to top of pages throughout the document." The part "throughout the document" makes it clear to the user, that this is not a setting for an individual page style but for the entire document. The fact, that the change to "Top" is not immediately visible in the document, but needs a reload is a different issue, which needs a new bug report. This report is only about the UI of the dialog. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list Libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-ux-advise