[libreoffice-design] Minutes from the UX/design meeting 2023-May-16

Present:  Rafael, Sahil, Cor, Heiko, Hossein
Comments: Stuart, Eyal, Ady

Tickets/Topics

 * Add .uno:VRuler button to NB Tabbed/Tabbed Compact cutomize View list
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160694
   + use main menu (Stuart)
   + suggest to split uno:Rulers into VRuler and HRuler and make the two
     individual settings in tools > options > view as well as a dropdown
     with both options in the tabbed NB (and the classic UI) (Rafael, Hossein)
    + If you click on the button, it enable/disable both. But it you choose 
dropdown, you should be able to select horizontal/vertical separately and 
check/uncheck them.
   + vertical ruler are rather a frequently changed option and don't deserve
     a main spot on the UI (Heiko)
   => majority for the dropdown solution

 * Quickfind sidebar: Make the sidebar the default for ctrl+F
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160544
   + not replacement but supplement; unfinished and not appealing (Stuart, Eyal)
   + matter of how the state of the sidebar is preserved after using (Cor)
   + option to switch makes sense (Rafael, Cor)
   + unfinished, at least accessibility needs improvements (Rafael)
   => add the option but leave the current quickfind as default

 * Allow choosing the page style from the sheets tab
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160920
   + simplifying not needed as this is an expert workflow (Stuart)
   + page style can be changed via status bar > page style dialog (Ady)
     + but not picked, which is the case in Writer (right click on status bar) 
(Cor)
   + Writer lists the available PgS per right click on the SB and allows
     to pick one; makes sense to add in Calc too (Rafael)
     + easy hackable (Sahil)
     + willing to look into this one (Cor)
   => do it

 * Right clicking on selected text unselects it if the cursor is on a
   misspelled word
   + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98902
   + same workflow as LibO in MS Word (Hossein)
   + suggested selection of the misspelled word is superior (Hossein)
   + drawback is that we cannot check phrases anymore, or can we? (Heiko)
   + maybe ctrl + right click for spell checking (Sahil)
   + bug reporter was unhappy with Impress, which is wrong and
     WF (Rafael, Hossein)
   + but rather unhappy about the inconsistency, which is an issue (Sahil)
   + to remove the selection might be "surprising" to users and we could add
     some additional overlay color as MSO does (grey for select + red on hover
     for spellcheck issue) (Hossein)
   => needsDevAdvice

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