https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152481
Bug ID: 152481
Summary: Dedicated sidebar deck for table-related functions
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.5.0.0 alpha0+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Keywords: needsUXEval
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected]
Blocks: 101756, 103407, 112630, 128570
Since the following additions in the sidebar's Properties deck:
- Table panel (for Writer, introduced in LO 6.4, fixing Bug 95279)
- extra editing options in the Table Design panel (for Impress and Draw,
introduced in LO 7.5)
It could be argued that a sidebar deck dedicated to tables is needed, giving
more space to previews, lumping together all table-related functions, and
allowing creating Table Designs without having to create a table in the first
place.
Maxim Monastirsky considers a dedicated panel in:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151185#c9
Also considered in:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95279#c0
Potential pros:
- Make the UI more consistent across components (Writer, Impress, Draw)
- Give more space to table-specific controls, given how many there are
- Allows creating Table Designs without creating a table in the first place
This enhancement request is probably blocked by the lack of consistency between
Writer's Table Styles / AutoFormat Styles in Writer and Calc, and Table Design
in Impress and Draw, which are completely different implementations of table
styles. Relevant questions:
- Will Table Designs replace (/ be merged with) the table styles / AutoFormats
Writer has?
- Are we fracturing the styles UI, that should all belong in the Styles deck?
- Are we fracturing the Properties deck, that should contain all the formatting
options?
There is relevant discussion on this topic in this Table Design commit review:
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/140943
Maxim, Rafael, UX team, copying you in for input.
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101756
[Bug 101756] [META] Table styles bugs and enhancements
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103407
[Bug 103407] [META] Unify behaviour and functions across apps
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112630
[Bug 112630] [META] Table design content panel of the Properties deck/tab of
the sidebar
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128570
[Bug 128570] [META] Table panel of the Properties deck/tab of the Writer
sidebar
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