https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167686
Bug ID: 167686
Summary: Prefer a radio button pair over drop-down listboxes
for 2-option font features
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.2.0.3 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Blocks: 102985
Created attachment 202020
--> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=202020&action=edit
Font features dialog for Gentium Plus, LO 26.2 nightly Writer, GTK3
The font features dialog has (potentially) a large number of options regarding
font features. The screenshot will give an example (with the Gentium Plus
font).
Many, if not most, of these options are presented with a drop-down list box,
while only having two options, often differing by a single word. Examples:
+-------------------+
Capital-H stroke alternate: [Horizontal Stroke v]
+-------------------+
|Vertical Stroke ||
+-------------------+
+------------+
Small p-hook alternative: [Left hook v]
+------------+
|Right hook ||
+------------+
And for some fonts, and some options, the options are "None" and "1" or "0" and
"1". But I'll open a separate bug about those.
I find drop-down list-boxes to be "heavier" UI elements than a radio button
pair, and in a dialog which is already rather cluttered, we should probably
avoid them; especially when they require repeating some text. I would suggest
we replace these controls with pairs of radio buttons. Examples:
Capital-H stroke: (*) Horizontal ( ) Vertical
Small p-hook direction: (*) Left ( ) Right
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102985
[Bug 102985] [META] Font bugs and enhancements
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