https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139164
--- Comment #42 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Telesto from comment #41) I wasn't arguing against reverting the default, I was explaining the motivation for why this is not a simple matter. > A) The 'whole document' is default in more applications (Word/Chromium). So > people are familiar with it But many may still assume that if they selected something, then printed, their selection would get printed. Plus, I really don't remember what Word or Chromium's behavior in this respect is, and I use them relatively often. > B) Printing selection only is a niche use case (I agree with Khaled) 1. But the damage from printing a whole document instead of a small selection is large - it's not just an unexpected UI effect. Small niche * large damage = not-small expected damage 2. It's somewhat less of a niche when you've selected a part of the document. > C) You can often abort a print-job, if you incidentally printed the whole > document) But you can often _not_ abort a print job. In fact, in our day and age - by the time you abort, even a large print job is likely to have been fully dispatched. > D) The current print selection does cause same issue. If you have something > selected, when pressing print, you are actually printing the selection. ... hence this bug :-) > E) That an object being selected doesn't entail you intend to print that > item only. It doesn't _necessarily_ entail that intention; but it often does - and in those cases you are likely to fail to notice a different default, hence the care to avoid that situation somehow. > F) Already 2,5 year has passed, without a solution There are quite a few solutions, we need to pick one. Although, to be fair - they were discussed in the context of bug 152304, which is about the Export as PDF menu rather than the print dialog. > I personally prefer a simple revert to the old state, and a new bug for > deliberation on a different solution (and finding someone who will implement > it). Are all of the suggestions unacceptable to you? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
