https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48622
Bug #: 48622 Summary: Line thickness specification - too many choices, nonintuitive Classification: Unclassified Product: LibreOffice Version: unspecified Platform: Other OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: medium Component: UI AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org ReportedBy: msrame...@gmail.com If a line/frame/cell border thickness is to be specified, a user has too many options: he/she should directly specify numerical value of the thickness. >From the usability point of view there are several issues: - It is likely that most users just need only a couple of options (thin, medium, thick - or eventually 5 levels) - If several thicknesses are used, one should remember the values - the value is expressed in the measurement unit, specified in Tools/Options... If one wants a thin (medium, thick) line, which value is appropriate? 0,5mm? 0.01 inch? I do not know - if one opens such file in different LO with different unit settings, he/she gets different numbers - stepping of the numerical field is not fine enough (1mm steps) - we have two different widgets for that - one for graphical objects (lines...) and one for borders of frames and cells. They are not consistent: *If the same value is specified there, the actual thickness of lines and frames is different (try a 0.5pt line and cell border in calc - the daily LO3.6 was used) *Thin line has 0pt, thin border 0.05pt *Increment in line setting is 1(pt), in borders 0.25 So, a mess. I know about a company, which switched to LO - unintuitive setting of border thickness in Calc is the most hated feature among many users there. Perhaps, just simple change in UI of both widgets would improve the situation significantly. 1. Instead of the numeric field alone, give the user a possibility to choose from "thin", "medium", "thick" line and add a "more" button, which would open the numeric field for setting arbitrary dimensions. 2. In Calc, extend the "Borders" options (which currently offers 3x4 combinations of thin borders) to 5x12 offers of thin, medium, thick, double... lines with all 12 combinations. I believe this is not that much work. Milos -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-bugs mailing list Libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs