https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50817
Bug #: 50817
Summary: Thumbnail overlay to start presentation, disable slide
or duplicate it is in wrong position
Classification: Unclassified
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Presentation
AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
ReportedBy: daniel.ma...@umb.no
Created attachment 62698
--> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=62698
Bug in slide thumbnail overlay positioning
The slide thumbnail overlay that allows us to start the presentation, disable a
slide or duplicate it, is getting in the user's way! This can be seen in the
attached file.
The overlay gets activated when the mouse cursor is hovering over a thumbnail.
The (buggy) position of the overlay seems to depend on the "point of entrance"
onto the thumbnail. Dragging the mouse cursor over a thumbnail from the top
makes the overlay appear at its bottom. But the "point of entry" doesn't say
anything about where the user stops moving the mouse! If the mouse cursor
enters from top but stops at the bottom, then the overlay will appear under the
mouse cursor. If the user then clicks on the thumbnail to activate/edit the
slide, he clicks on the overlay instead and performs an action that he didn't
intend to perform (like disabling the slide).
This is another fine example of an automatism that is supposed to help but
instead results in unexpected behaviour.
Firstly, the overlay should be optional and the user should be able to disable
it! That could be achieved by providing a "disable overlay" option in a "right
click context menu" for the overlay and an additional entry in the options
window.
Secondly, the position of the overlay should depend on the position of the
mouse cursor! Display of the overlay should be triggered by dragging the mouse
cursor over a slide thumbnail, but the position of the overlay should depend on
the position of the mouse cursor at the time when the overlay is appearing!
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