https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145037
--- Comment #11 from Telesto <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #10) Well my description doesn't win awards (it's actually horrible). I'm actually having multiple annoyances at the same time, which makes it kind of toxic cocktail.. 1. Open Impress 2. Insert say a Shape 3. Sidebar -> Animation Deck 4. Press add button 5. Pick a category (say Entrance, default) 6. Search for zoom effect 7. Insert a 3 shapes, which also should have the zoom-effect Result: A) You have to scroll a lot in the Effects list (and you can see only that many items at once). There is always stuff hidden. Even increasing the effects area, still doesn't help. B) The effect list lacking a type & find system (compare fontbox). This will be hug speed-up if you use effects more often C) The effects lists isn't sorted alphabetically (not overall, which would mean Zoom at the end of the effect list. And not even within a topic. Really hard to find some specific effect D) The (sub)category's naming is really arbitrary, why are some effects 'exiting' or 'special'. I'm really not seeing the value. E) Position of the category labels (Centered) I'm used top top down reading. F) The bold part of the category's. It attracts attention, but well words without any meaning.. A simple separator would do the same thing, without 'some labels' (but well that's repeat of D) G).The large effect list sensible for insertion of effects (still arguing for drop down list), but really pointless if you pre-existing animation. The start/delay/and direction stuff is probably more relevant, but positioned big distance from the animation list (with effect list in between). H). I'm kind disliking the 'dual layer' entry in the animation panel. First the say the Shape name, and directly below it with indent the category and effect. I'm bit inclined to hide the effect category/name. But only show it if selected in the list (which makes it possible to have more effects in the animation panel, before it becomes a list). See also PowerPoint 2003 (no clue about never versions) --- > > UI: Animation list, show all entry's by default (and use the drop down to > > filter) > > Do you mean that, the controls on the side-bar changing the current selected > effect would serve as filters on the list of animations, when there is no > item selected? Well this likely about - yes, my description is that bad - the Category drop down (for effects). Nearly all effects under category Entrance, are also found under Emphasis. So kind of argued what advantage having category's for effects which actually are multi-purpose effects. So as Entrance, as Exit, Emphasis have (mostly) the same effects as content but suggesting exclusive usability, which isn't the case.. The opposite is also happening. If select the motion paths category, the effect list will show a sub category 'Special or Basic'. The content is different 'Basic' Subcategory in Entrance. So sometimes "Basic" subcategory being the 'same' when comparing Exit/Entrance category's. Sometimes it totally different. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
