https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160608
Bug ID: 160608
Summary: "Re-type Password" dialog needs UX improvement
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
URL: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/retype-password/104531/
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Keywords: needsUXEval
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 193592
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A sample XLSX with some sheets protected
The attachment has many sheets, some of them password-protected. It came from
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/retype-password/104531/, so it is a real-life
user problem.
Saving it as ODS bring the "Re-type Password" dialog, which has [OK] button
disabled, and no [Re-type] buttons immediately shown to user are enabled. This
itself is bad: user needs to scroll the long list of sheets down to see the
buttons that actually needs action. But coupled with the modern UIs that tend
to make scrollbars less prominent (or even completely hidden), it confused the
user even more, making them not understand what they are expected to do ("Can
anyone explain what I’m being asked to do and why I’m being asked?"). So the
first thing is: why there are the items there in the dialog, that *don't* need
an action?
Then, it is not obvious which items were already processed. When I attempted
removing the passwords for the first time, by clicking the enabled [Re-type]
buttons, I thought I clicked them all, but obviously I missed some, because the
[OK] was still disabled, until I went through the items again, seeing some
items where I didn't choose an option. So, the dialog needs an indication of
resolution state of items (say, a checkmark next to the item).
These two questions are the topics that need UX resolution in this bug. A
possible follow-up (which require developers' investigation) is: is it possible
to extend the ODS (maybe re-use the existing ODF features) to store the XLS(X)
protection information there, instead of requiring the re-type? This was asked
in bug 123877 comment 9.
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