Hey, Here's what I think the whole style and document setup should look like. It's done very quickly in Inkscape, so don't expect anything spectacular. Still, I hope you get the general idea. http://bausch-lai.de/img_ex/LibO/draft-styler.png - There's a central place for the style setup, much like the current window (I don't remember how it was called in English), but fancier and more to the point. - On the left there are style classes, predefined and custom ones - This window is easily accessible, much like the current "direct style" things - Styling is relative and inherits from parent (changes to the inherited things should be marked somehow, e.g. by a small icon) - You can import them from other documents - They are categorized: Paragraphs, Tables, Images ...
Now, I think that direct formatting should behave as follows: - If you mark a word and want it red, you simply change its color - The style manager creates a new style, inherited from the surrounding words' styles (maybe in a new section "auto styles" or something along these lines) or some kind of class that only affects this property, like color: red (much like css works). - You get a dropdown in your direct formatting toolbar showing "recent styles" What do you think? Joey 2010/10/31 Michel Gagnon <mic...@mgagnon.net>: > Le 2010-10-30 15:47, Mirek M. a écrit : >> >> Hi Michael, everyone, >> Here's an experimental mockup of how style editing could work: >> http://clickortap.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/citrus-editing-styles/ >> It >> changes a few things in an effort to be less daunting and more >> comprehensible to newbies. All the old features should still be there, >> though, just under different terminology. >> > > It looks nice. The approach, however, is similar to one that might be used > in Ms Office 2003. There are two possible problems with it: > - It is harder to define many styles at once this way than in the > traditional dialogue box. On the other hand, the visual approach you have is > great for fine tuning or for adding one or two styles to an existing > document. > - There has to be a way to define, and more importantly to see the > specifications that are linked vs those that are not, those that are defined > in relative vs absolute terms. In your example, I should see that Heading 5 > is defined using Heading 6 as base style and that it will be followed by > Body Text. I should also see that the only elements modified from base style > are typeface (+Bold) and line (-Underline). > > > Groups vs linking a style to a style. > I actually see it as two very different concepts. We already know how a > style may be linked to another "base style". But apart from that, I see > groups such as: styles used for the main document, styles for annexes > (typically smaller type) > > You also suggest that bundled styles should now be deletable. I think it is > a great idea, at least for all non-essential styles. In other words, it > might be easier for the casual user to see by default the following: Body > text, Headings 1 to 4. > > Regards, > > -- > Michel Gagnon > Montréal (Québec, Canada) -- http://mgagnon.net > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived *** > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
