Re: [libreoffice-design] Things I'd like to see in Draw
Response below: On 7/1/2016 1:12 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi Paul, Paul D. Mirowsky schrieb: I have been using Draw quite a bit lately and these thoughts came up. 1. Move Page Change |< < > >| to Status Bar next to Slide 1/1 I don't like that idea, because the Status Bar already has not enough space to show the essential things correctly I might have more screen real-estate than others and hadn't realized it's a problem. I did notice that when shrinking the main window, Status Bar does not entirely go under the Pages Panel which is real-estate lost. That may be because the panel is right justified and not left or center. Then again, if the Status Bar where a part of right side selection of Panes and set as default to display it would be to the user to maximize their screen usage. . 2. Stack Status Bar above Properties panel. Eliminates lost space on bottom of window and is one less place to move eyes to. A "Status Bar" is always at the bottom. Do you know any application where it is not at the bottom? While true, this moves it to "heads up" location. My glasses probably have a lot to do with it. Focus stays with left/right eye movement and changes when looking down. 3. Move "Tabs" to old Status Bar location centered.Allows for more Tabs and/or larger text of Tabs. I would like to see, that custom configure of the font size is possible, but disagree, that another location would be better. Now that I think about it a little more, it might be better to move the "Tabs" above as well. Never look down. The Tabs bar is thin and wouldn't take up much room. This maybe a habit from using Lotus Word Pro years ago where Tabs are above like in cabinet drawer. Maybe it should just be an option. Give screen geography to the user. 4. Tabs have a "Visible" interaction. When making multi-level drawing, quickly turning on/off layers assists in selection and correction process.Using one click instead of three would be a great time saver.Suggest Open/Closed Eye icon. I agree, that the Tabs should get more functions. Ctrl-Click and Alt-Click are candidates for more function. I would like to see locked/unlocked. The current visible/invisible is already an improvement compared to old OOo. For more discussions on that topic read https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89130 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90244 Thanks for the reference. 5. The ability to Flip Pages panel with Properties panel.Being more comfortable as a left handed person would be nice. I'm not sure, whether I understand you. It is already possible to drag the "Page Pane" to the right and the "Sidebar" to the left. What are you looking for? Allow Properties to the left, Page to the right. I spend more time using the Properties Panel than Pages Panel. Since I'm a left to right reader, I go more naturally to that position than right. Kind regards Regina Thanks for responding. Have a good weekend. Paul -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-design] Things I'd like to see in Draw
I have been using Draw quite a bit lately and these thoughts came up. 1. Move Page Change |< < > >| to Status Bar next to Slide 1/1 2. Stack Status Bar above Properties panel. Eliminates lost space on bottom of window and is one less place to move eyes to. 3. Move "Tabs" to old Status Bar location centered.Allows for more Tabs and/or larger text of Tabs. 4. Tabs have a "Visible" interaction. When making multi-level drawing, quickly turning on/off layers assists in selection and correction process.Using one click instead of three would be a great time saver.Suggest Open/Closed Eye icon. 5. The ability to Flip Pages panel with Properties panel.Being more comfortable as a left handed person would be nice. Thank you for a great program. Paul -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-design] getting larger set of colors that the standard that comes with LO
Sorry to hear of your health problems. Hope things improve. On 2/28/2014 8:16 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: I am slowly working on my color list file standard.soc. Health reasons stopped me for a bit, or at least slowed down my work cycle. I know that we can add custom colors internal to the Tools Options LibreOffice Colors. I did that originally when there were some specific colors used in brochure templates going around last year. Yes, a color pricker for Writer might help some people. Since I do not use Draw, or rarely, I use a color picker from a different graphics package and write down the RGB Hex code and then add it manually to my color list. That is what I use to do. Still do it sometimes. But I have been working on adding a set of predefined colors and their shading from the dark color to their off white color. That gives the user some more option outside of the color picker option. As for Tracking 32 colors, I am not sure about that. I do not track colors, just offer the user more options than a small set of colors. Of course there are people who think this is a waste of my time. I do not think so. I had one person complain about listing 100 shades of gray - i.e. nearly black to nearly white. Since we have some formatting options for lines, column borders, etc., to set the gray level, then offering a visual of those shades of gray might be useful. I am currently taking standard colors and making some shading options for them that works. The problem is figuring out the proper steps so I am not offering 20 or more shades. I have some colors that have 7 +/- shades already in my color list, but I want to create the same thing for other colors that I do not have currently. On 02/27/2014 02:15 PM, Mirek M. wrote: I definitely agree. However, the problem is that we don't have a developer to work on this. We've been trying to get custom colors for ages. If you know a dev that would be interested, let me know. :) 2014-02-27 20:00 GMT+01:00 Paul D. Mirowsky p_mirow...@bentaxna.com: Hello There was a lengthy discussion on us...@global.libreoffice.org about Writer and its color selector. Have a look at this image at the URL below. https://db.tt/pLDjVXJW See Subject Re: [libreoffice-users] getting larger set of colors that the standard that comes with LO on us...@global.libreoffice.org It was suggested I forward my comments to you. Is it me or does this, as an interface, look like it's getting out of control. Might I suggest it is time to allow 1) A default 4 rows of 8, a 32 basic color set. 2) Above that, rows of 8 of Last Colors Used. Last Colors Used should be selectable in 'Defaults' to the multiples of 8 up to a maximum of 32 (or some number). 3) At the bottom a click to see More Colors... and borrow the 'Color Picker' from LibreOffice Draw. (Side Comment: still don't know why Color Picker isn't universally default with last used colors below in LibreOffice) Tracking 32 colors for me is well into the I'm getting lost realm in a layout. I respectfully ask Kracked_P_P for input on this. I think this might keep down the amount of load time involved. The question of weather remembered Last Colors Used is universal or document only is interesting? Also, how it should be organized, by creation sequence or hue or saturation? Is a good idea? I hope this helps. Thanks -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-design] getting larger set of colors that the standard that comes with LO
Hello There was a lengthy discussion on us...@global.libreoffice.org about Writer and its color selector. Have a look at this image at the URL below. https://db.tt/pLDjVXJW See Subject Re: [libreoffice-users] getting larger set of colors that the standard that comes with LO on us...@global.libreoffice.org It was suggested I forward my comments to you. Is it me or does this, as an interface, look like it's getting out of control. Might I suggest it is time to allow 1) A default 4 rows of 8, a 32 basic color set. 2) Above that, rows of 8 of Last Colors Used. Last Colors Used should be selectable in 'Defaults' to the multiples of 8 up to a maximum of 32 (or some number). 3) At the bottom a click to see More Colors... and borrow the 'Color Picker' from LibreOffice Draw. (Side Comment: still don't know why Color Picker isn't universally default with last used colors below in LibreOffice) Tracking 32 colors for me is well into the I'm getting lost realm in a layout. I respectfully ask Kracked_P_P for input on this. I think this might keep down the amount of load time involved. The question of weather remembered Last Colors Used is universal or document only is interesting? Also, how it should be organized, by creation sequence or hue or saturation? Is a good idea? I hope this helps. Thanks -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
