https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168059
--- Comment #7 from Telesto <tele...@surfxs.nl> --- Bug 168203 related. The order of tabs feels 'erratic'. I would tend to 'more commonly used first'. Whatever that actually entails exactly. (With the risk of being somewhat arbitrary). However this 'keeps' the already existing problem of labels being presented in erratic order: not alphabetically). Like Screenshot attachment 202619. So it makes it a hassle to find the proper tab quickly by label. So the first question is how should tabs be identified? Primary by by icon? Or Primary by Label? In case of identification by icon, you can sort the stuff more by 'more commonly used'. In case it's the label being primary reference, alphabetically makes the most sense. Alphabetical order prevents endless debates.. And it's consistent for all dialogs. However it does put the Area Tab quite far away from Transparency tab (not really undesired) ----- If alphabetically being chosen the problem arises where the label should be. (screenshot attachment 202618). Bug 167084 opted for large icons with label below for less than 6 tabs. Which doesn't result in a neat easy to read alphabetically list. I would opt for the same dialog as > than 6 tabs. It's by far to find the proper tab. The objection: the row of tabs where not sorted alphabetically either. However, a vertically tabs presents items as a list; rows of tabs don't. (B) The distance has become larger. You could read to rows without much top/down eye movement. A list requires to look move down with my eyes to find the proper 'row' (tab) So my subjective experience: I can find a tab which somewhat arbitrary organized quicker in row, compared to a list. In a list I fallback to predict the location of the tab by the expected label of the tab (know out of experience/or common guess). Which makes alphabetically order useful. ---- If being opted for Icons as identification: hide the labels. Show them only on mouse over. To prevent of being confronted by a non-alphabetically organized list of labels. It's ugly and distracting, IMHO Also pick some icon size. No differentiation between more than 6 tabs or less. It makes the UI inconsistent and distracting. Each tab should have the same height -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
