Post NeoOffice 3.0.1 development planning

yoxi · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:49 am Post subject:

I'd like this too - and not just in Impress but in Writer etc. too.

I'm pretty sure I already voted for this a couple of years ago Smile

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- padmavyuha

James3359 · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:31 am Post subject:

I agree that it would be a worthwhile usability improvement, and it would be more Mac-like too. I've just looked at Pages and AppleWorks, and both pop up smaller font sizes as well as larger, starting at 9 point.

pluby · The Architect Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949

OK. Since nearly all of the the moderators voted for this feature almost immediately, it sounds like a good idea.

I will take a look at the OpenOffice.org code and see if this is something that I can implement for the next release. I have a feeling that code for drawing most of the dropdown list boxes is in one place so I am hoping that if I can implement the change, the change will appear in most of the list boxes throughout NeoOffice.

Patrick

ovvldc · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:15 am Post subject:

yoxi · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:43 am Post subject:

Thanks Patrick - this is one of those tweaks that looks small but will make a very noticeable difference to the user experience. It'll mean one less mouse click + 2 less mouse moves each time to lower point size - which equals less RSI. Though in practice I tend to up-arrow with my other hand to save my mouse wrist.

I hope you can find a solution without too much trawling.

- padmavyuha

pluby · The Architect Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949

I think I found it and, maybe I am just lucky today, but it appears that the topmost entry in the list is set in once place. I changed the code to make the first entry 3 above the selected entry (or the the first entry if there are less than 3 entries above the selected entry).

The following screen snapshot shows how this small change looks like in the font size listbox. Is this the change that all of you are looking for?

Patrick

James3359 · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:17 am Post subject:

Looks good to me Very Happy

ovvldc · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

Given the length of the list, you might change the 3 places to 4, but on the whole this would already be a lot better, for reasons so eloquently explained by padmavyuha.

Well done Smile

-Oz

yoxi · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject:

X X X X !

Samwise · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject:

ovvldc · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject:

Just curious: Will this change also act for other drop-down boxes (such as font selector)?

Best wishes,
Oscar

Samwise · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject:

After Oscar's comment, I realized that the screenshot I mentioned is for a font dropdown, rather than font size dropdown. Embarassed

pluby · The Architect Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949

pluby · The Architect Joined: Jun 16, 2003 Posts: 11949

FYI. I have put the the combox/listbox feature in the folowing test patch (note that the font kerning and native highlighting changes are not in the test patch). Can anyone install the following test patch and tell us if they see any breakage in any comboxes or listeboxes?:

Intel:
http://joe.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.0.1-Patch-1-Test-3-Intel.dmg

PowerPC:
http://joe.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.0.1-Patch-1-Test-3-PowerPC.dmg

Patrick

ovvldc · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:30 am Post subject:

I installed test patch 4, and the change seems excellent so far. But I haven't gone through all of the UI. If I find any stragglers, I will let you know.

The only worry I had is when you might have a list that is smaller than 4 item, but from your posting with the screenshot, it looks like you've already caught that risk.