https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73071
--- Comment #20 from Mirek2 <[email protected]> --- I have to say that, out of all the style UI implementations I know, iWork has the best approach and it doesn't leave out any style category. (See attachments.) I'll run through it here: Hierarchy ========= The style hierarchy is well-represented in the sidebar. Paragraph styles are up at the top, as they pertain to both paragraph properties and character properties. Character styles are presented within the character-related section, but as the last element -- that makes sense given that the section applies to paragraph styles as well and font and size should generally only be set in paragraph styles (for good typography). List styles serve as the titular element of the list category and custom bullets are relegated to a hidden section. Quick access ============ All style drop-downs are quickly accessible. The most important one, the Paragraph style picker, is big and visually distinctive, thus very easy to target. More importantly, styles can be assigned keyboard shortcuts, which potentially makes them as quick to apply as hard formatting. Lastly, it's also nice to be able to edit ALL the style properties from within the sidebar without having to go through dialogs. Quick edits =========== Hard-coded formatting is indicated by an asterisk after the style name. Along with that, a large "Update" button appears next to the style in the drop-down, in the case of Paragraph styles right in the sidebar as well. There's also an "Update style" option in each style's drop-down menu. (The behavior is very similar to Google Docs.) Quick creation ============== There's also a button for creating a new style based on the selection in each style picker. Presentation ============ iWork presents styles based on their properties. Highly graphical and visually distinguishable styles (e.g. chart, shape, and table styles) are presented in a grid, while the harder-to-distinguish text-based styles are presented as a list. Context ======= Styles appear as they're needed. Not all headings are shown by default -- only once Heading 3 is used does Heading 4 appear. Anyway, I'm not proposing to blatantly copy iWork's implementation (which itself takes a lot of ideas from Google Docs) -- that's not even within the scope of this bug. However, it's important that we consider these areas and strive to rival or exceed iWork in all of them. Also, as I said before, the goal for the Properties section of the sidebar is to replace formatting dialogs and include all of the various formatting options, so leaving out Character styles is not an option. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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