https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50507
Bug #: 50507
Summary: On MacOS X, the new zoom slider always looks like
disabled
Classification: Unclassified
Product: LibreOffice
Version: LibO Master
Platform: x86 (IA32)
OS/Version: Mac OS X (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: UI
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
When I compare the new look (since 2012-05-22) of the zoom slider at the bottom
of a LibreOffice Writer window with the old (3.5.x) look, I get the impression
that the zoom slider now always looks like disabled. I understand that the new
look of the should be "Simpler, and more light-weight" (as stated in the
committ message
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=bc1fd830be6165c364805c2ad09854ecc8e863a6
). But at least to me, the new look seems a bit "too light-weight": these light
shades of grey suggest to me (as a long-time MacOS X user) that this control is
disabled and can't be used.
You can see this on my Writer screenshots attached to bug 49914:
* old look (3.5.4): attachment 61808 [details]
* new look (3.6 Master): attachment 62061 [details]
To enumerate en detail what's looking wrong to me:
(1.) The main problem is the actual zoom slider, i.e. the horizontal line; I
always think that there is missing a darker grey line somewhere, as expected in
an enabled control.
(2.) It is also possible that the slide zoom button (the round button which you
move with the mouse) just needs to be darker on MacOS.
(3.) A minor problem may be the plus (+) and minus (-) signs at the left and
right of the zoom slider; if they are enabled, I would expect them to be a bit
darker, more like the dark grey of the triangular arrows at the bottom of the
vertical scroll bar at the right of the window.
Please note:
It is still possible that this new look is completely intentional, and that my
doubts have already been considered and rejected. I don't know this, only the
original designer (Mirek M.) and the programmer (Kendy) can tell us. If this is
the case, you can close this bug, no problem!
But I want to report it, and ask you to think a while about it before you close
it, because
(a) it is easily possible that there is at least missing a dark grey line
somewhere;
(b) there are some differences between what users of different operating
systems expect, here in regard of how an enabled control should look like, and
therefore, it is possible that a design which works completely well on Linux
needs some little changes for MacOS X (and maybe for Windows?).
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