https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171232

--- Comment #12 from Danat <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Michael Weghorn from comment #11)
> (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #8)
> > Also, would note the "general" behavior of spinbox controls -- <Up>
> > increases the value, <Down> decreases the value it is a spinbox, pretty
> > consistent that way across the LO UI. Just happens to be the page count in
> > this instance.
> 
> I agree, would find it rather confusing to invert the default behavior of
> spinboxes to do something else here.
> 
> (In reply to Danat from comment #10)
> > I'm sorry if that's off-topic, but I believe that such dilemmas should be
> > solved by a board of 20-30 people who are very experienced and
> > comprehending, and if their votes are split, then there has to be a
> > tie-breaker
> 
> There's a UX/design team and Eyal already added the corresponding
> "needsUXEval" keyword (and CC) to notify people in it.
> 
> (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #2)
> > Michael: can we hijack the increment and decrement events and flip them? Not
> > saying I would necessarily advocate for it.
> 
> What could technically work is to handle the key event manually, but as I'm
> saying above, I would stick to the default behavior here.

Why not just invert the order of the counter itself, like if you click on arrow
up - it sends you up, and if you click on arrow down - it sends you down?
People will get used to it easily, but they won't get used to is looking at
pages going up when you press Down and vice versa

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