Bug 61718

Summary: VIEWING: Column and Row headers in Calc look dated
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Adolfo Jayme <fitojb>
Component: UIAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: medium CC: kendy, newsletters
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: BSA NeedsDevEval
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description Adolfo Jayme 2013-03-03 01:00:41 UTC 
Problem description: The Column and Row headers in any Calc spreadsheet look very Windows Vista. They have a prominent faux bevel/reflection, which does not fit with our mostly flat UI. Compare LibreOffice headers versus Office 2013 headers (attachment 74552 [details] and attachment 74551 [details]).

I’m not suggesting that we should copy Office 2013’s style, but the trend everywhere (Apple doesn’t count) is to go flat, concise, minimal, beautiful.

Design could take a look at this, but we could at least revert to the OpenOffice.org 2.0’s headers (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/OpenOffice.org_2.0.2_Calc_Windows.png).
Operating System: All
Version: unspecified
Comment 1 Emir Sarı (away) 2013-05-04 20:37:03 UTC 
It's a great idea, but OO.org headers more look like Windows 95. :)

Headers should carry the look of the platform they are on. Saying this, any effort should be done in coordination with Bug 57894. 

A valid enhancement request, setting status to "NEW".
Comment 2 Adolfo Jayme 2013-12-15 20:04:35 UTC 
Mockup by Mirek: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/3/34/Calc-headers.png
Comment 3 Joel Madero 2014-02-27 23:03:46 UTC 
In order to limit the confusion between ProposedEasyHack and EasyHack and to make queries much easier we are changing ProposedEasyHack to NeedsDevEval.

Thank you and apologies for the noise
Comment 4 Tin Man 2014-03-03 07:24:57 UTC 
Just updated my mockup to match the new icon set better: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/3/34/Calc-headers.png. (The highlight color should, of course, still be based on the system highlight color.)
I'm not sure whether the header rectangles can contain inner borders as in the mockup -- that would be good to know.

It would also be good to change the appearance of the selection box to reflect the selection color and to sit above the Calc headers, not below.
Comment 5 Adolfo Jayme 2014-03-23 09:13:22 UTC 
Thanks, Mirek. CCing Kendy so that he can evaluate this.

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