https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153525
Bug ID: 153525
Summary: Styles Preview should be able to show a grid of list
styles (Tabbed UI)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.5.0.3 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Created attachment 185289
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Styles Preview in Writer
A Styles Preview widget was implemented in Writer's Tabbed UI to mimic the
widget available in MS Word. This was a good idea, but the way it was
implemented in Writer has a few limitations that I believe should be improved.
First, in Writer we only show 3 styles at a time which is too few considering
the high number of styles that a document usually contains. If the user relies
on this widget to explore/discover the existing styles in a document, they
won't have a good experience. See first screenshot to see the current widget
and notice that it could be wider and occupy more space horizontally (the empty
space is highlighted in the screenshot).
In MS Word we can see 12 styles at a time and the Styles Preview extends to use
all the horizontal space available in the ribbon (see second attached image).
The second issue is that we should provide a better way to show all available
styles. In MS Word there is a down-arrow icon in the Styles Preview that shows
a grid with all available styles. This is great for discoverability and I
believe we should have this grid in Writer as well (see third image).
So in summary, what I propose is:
1) Implement the grid view of all styles
2) Allow the widget to automatically use the available horizontal space in its
tab
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