Bug 60416 - UI: Page selection
Summary: UI: Page selection
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: BSA
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Reported: 2013-02-07 11:52 UTC by Tin Man
Modified: 2013-05-21 08:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
What a selected page might look like (70.56 KB, image/png)
2013-02-07 11:52 UTC, Tin Man
Details
What hovering over a page's margins or shadow might look like (77.52 KB, image/png)
2013-02-15 12:14 UTC, Tin Man
Details

Description Tin Man 2013-02-07 11:52:12 UTC
Created attachment 74335 [details]
What a selected page might look like

Allow users to select a page by clicking in its margins, on its border, or on its shadow. Selecting a page would show a Page toolbar containing commands related to the page (Style, Format, etc.) in place of the Formatting toolbar. Deselecting a page would involve clicking within a page or clicking outside its shadow.

Reasoning: The idea is to allow users to discover page-related formatting options (natural mapping) and change them efficiently, without having to wade through the Page formatting dialog. It would also reduce the need to go through the menubar and eliminate the need to have the page style shown in the status bar.
Operating System: All
Version: 4.1.0.0.alpha0+ Master
Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2013-02-07 12:16:36 UTC
Seems we have 2 requests here:

a) "Contribute 'Page Style Toolbar' with similar functions as 'Format Page' dialog'
b) Allow activating 'Page Style Toolbar' by mouse click on  page margins, on page border or on its shadow
Comment 2 Tin Man 2013-02-15 12:14:01 UTC
Created attachment 74868 [details]
What hovering over a page's margins or shadow might look like
Comment 3 bfoman 2013-05-21 08:07:46 UTC
Mockups delivered so marking as NEW.

@reporter:
If you think that the way it works should be changed, consider contacting UI experts available at libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org.
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