https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152656

Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|"Drawing Style" should be   |"Drawing Style" should be
                   |renamed "Drawing Object     |renamed "Drawing Object
                   |Style"                      |Style" or "Shape Style"

--- Comment #6 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #5)
> We discussed the topic in the design meeting. While Stuart agrees, Roman,
> Cor and me would recommend to keep it short ...

short where? In the sidebar tooltip? Because other than that, it's icons. Also,
why is "Fill format mode" considered short enough, but "Drawing Object Style"
isn't?


> Precision is not always an improvement for usability.

Perhaps, but truth, as opposed to untruth, is. A "Drawing style" is not a style
of drawing.

> Cor and me would recommend to keep it ... simple. 

"Drawing style" is short, but it would only be simple if it were true - which
it isn't. This reminds me of the "heading"/"outline"/"chapter" numbering
conundrum. It's very short and simple to talk about "chapter numbering"; but -
it's not true.

"Drawing object style" is simple, because the user knows about objects. They
align objects. They insert objects. They have drawing object properties toolbar
...

... hmm. Now that I think about it, maybe I'm over fixated on "Drawing
Objects". While this is still a pretty good choice of name, I was assuming we
need to keep the word "drawing". Maybe, instead, we should call them "shape
styles". The word "shapes" appears more often in the UI than "Drawing object":

* Shape menu
* Arrow shapes, star shapes etc menubutton
* Navigator shows shapes

so that's something to consider as well.

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