https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145264
Bug ID: 145264
Summary: menu “View - HTML Source” control switch behaving as
radio button; inappropriately applied
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.0.0.3 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32)
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
The “View - HTML Source” menu item is presented as a radio button when it
actually toggles like a checkbox, while still exclusive. When selected it greys
alternative radio buttons and but can be toggled to re-enable them. Toggling
swaps function between editing and WYSIWIG.
I believe this implementation is needlessly confusing and the concept should be
handled as three radio buttons, pick one, options always present even if
disabled.
It isn't intuitive to toggle a radio button like a checkbox, and if modality is
the goal all buttons should all be active while exclusive options. The view
toggling effect behaves like a radio button with other radio buttons actually
still in play, but only after toggling, the current means to the same end.
The help file below should be considered part of a repair. Specifically, “or
opening an existing one” doesn’t appear possible where “one” is referring to an
HTML file. When opened, an existing file of any extension hides the “View -
HTML Source” radio button. I believe any menu item should be present while
disabled if not selectable, not hidden modality:
https://help.libreoffice.org/7.0/en-US/text/shared/02/19090000.html?&DbPAR=WRITER&System=UNIX
To compare, note that the style menu works, while not how I wish it was
handled, because radio buttons remain evident and give the user a visual
affordance to understand what's happening, combining inputs with annunciators.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select menu "File>New>HTML Document"
2. Select menu "View>HTML Source"; option missing without step #1
3. Save dialogue appears, new document returns to editing with !DOCTYPE
boilerplate
Actual Results:
Selecting menu "View>HTML Source" will now toggle between code and HTML code
and WYSIWIG views.
Expected Results:
Actual results notwithstanding, this maneuver should be implemented as three
radio buttons for HTML/Web/Normal where HTML should remain but disabled if not
available. I would never expect to toggle a radio button as the very nature of
that control is to be mutually exclusive amongst alternative buttons.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
OpenGL enabled: Yes
Additional Info:
Explanation condensed from my exasperated version, with more background, at:
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/is-a-view-menu-control-applied-inappropriately/69474
I took a very long time to figure out what was actually happening, combining
the given interface with the the incorrect help file, before I accidentally
toggled the radio button and all became clear. Also noted were the large
percentage of help requests from users struggling to understand HTML formats
within Writer.
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