https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89543

--- Comment #13 from [email protected] ---
> Dont think that its good for it to remember line widths similar to font name, 
> > as most users are more likely to select from an existing list of presets 
> than > to actually type a custom value. 

OK, my font name example was not very good.

Still, remembering recent widths does not prevent from keeping a sorted list of
most used widths. When there are no recently used widths the list can contain
just a list of initial standard widths. If the user sticks to these standard
widths, the list will never be updated. If the user starts using his own
widths, these can start entering the list.

An alternative can be assuring that line widths that are used in defined styles
always appear in the line properties panel.

> We did the same thing with the distance field > in the shadow content panel 
> (bug 87702).

Line width is a completely different matter from shadow IMHO.  Shadows are
mostly a decorative item. Line widths are associated to the semantics of lines
in many contexts and are standardized as such.

While there is no drawing that *must* use certain shadow sizes, there are many
different situations where a drawing *must* use certain line widths. If these
widths cannot be put on the line properties panel, then the panel interface
becomes useless (and as such, just a large loss of screen space).

> The sidebar never provides complete access to all features.

Neither did the toolbar. But it is strange to see that the sidebar provides far
less features that the venerable line and filling toolbar, that at least
allowed one to pick larger or thinner line widths with steppings based on the
current measurement unit or to enter arbitrary line widths with the keyboard.

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