https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165507
--- Comment #7 from Jonathan Clark <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #4) > (In reply to Jonathan Clark from comment #3) > > - We should make Start the default alignment. LTR-only users won't notice a > > difference, but it's conceptually pure and a nice improvement for RTL and > > mixed cases. > > I agree. But - this is not a trivial pill for people to swallow. Very few > office suite users have heard of "Start alignment", or the distinction of > "Start" from "Left". After all, we've never mentioned that before, and with > MS Workd: I also agree this might be confusing for users. That said, I think we should distinguish between how we want our GUI to work, and what we want our layout engine and XML files to be doing under the hood. Our GUI doesn't necessarily need to perfectly report exactly what we're doing; as long as we can provide enough information so curious or advanced users can understand what's happening, it's probably good enough. > Some clarification/elaboration questions (to you and to everyone) about this > option, including some I've asked in the opening question: > > * If we press the now-left-align button, then switch the direction, the > active button will switch to the new-right-button? Yes > * Will the tooltips say 'Align Start' and 'Align End'? And change labels > when we switch directions? I think the tooltips would always say "Align Left" and "Align Right". > * What will we see when the user chooses 'Align Left', e.g. via Format > > Paragraph... or when opening a file which has that setting? i.e. will one of > the 4 buttons be pressed? Two? None? If the caret is inside a paragraph aligned with the left margin, the align left toolbar button would always appear pressed. This would be true whether this is achieved via align Left, Start, or End. > * What buttons will the UNO commands for Align-Left and Align-Right have? > Same look but without the switch on direction switch? Or something to > distinguish them from Align-Start and Align-End even when static? Do we need to preserve the existing buttons? (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #5) > Commented on bug 169035 that a simple Start might be confusing and we better > go with "Start (Left)" in case of LTR. Other than that I agree with the > default. If we make these labels context-sensitive, what about just calling Start "Left" in the case of LTR, "Right" in the case of RTL, and then rename the prior fixed Left alignment something like "Force Left/Top"? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
