Bug 154238

Summary:	Draw: UI: Context menu item "Dimensions" and corresponding dialogue does not use same term
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	lol <lobugs>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	heiko.tietze, mentoring
Priority:	medium	Keywords:	difficultyBeginner, easyHack, skillDesign, topicUI
Version:	7.4.6.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
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Bug Blocks:	115596
Attachments:	Different terms for dimensions line

Description lol 2023-03-17 10:43:16 UTC

Created attachment 186022 [details]
Different terms for dimensions line

The Draw context menu for a dimensions line use the term "Dimensions". But the corresponding dialogue is called "Dimension line". Shouldn't the context menu item also be called "Dimension line"?

1. Open Draw.
2. Insert a dimension line via Shape - Insert - Lines and Arrows - Dimension line.
3. Right click on the dimension line and click on "Dimensions..." (see attached picture).

The menu item in the shape menu is also called "Dimension line"

Version: 7.4.6.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5b1f5509c2decdade7fda905e3e1429a67acd63d
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2023-03-20 20:14:07 UTC

confirm the difference

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: b5c3a7502f7ff6ccf0f829c1f3a2ba50b8584c41
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: CL threaded

but I'm not sure we should change it

Added UX-team for discussion

Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2023-03-21 08:31:22 UTC

Nice catch. The argument against consistency is that you don't _insert_ the dimension line but _modify_ it. This would be true for any other option on the context menu, which itself stands for "modify". So I agree with consistency, not least because of unnecessary localization effort.

The command is .uno:MeasureAttributes in officecfg/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/UI/GenericCommands.xcu

Comment 3 lol 2023-03-25 16:15:18 UTC

If there is only "dimension" in the context menu, in my view only the length is meant. But the length cannot be changed. Instead individual settings of the line can be changed. When "Dimension line" is in the context menu it would be clearer that you can change individual settings of the dimension line. Why should this be unnecessary localisation effort?