What do you guys think? http://i.imgur.com/iSrzf.png vs http://i.imgur.com/esY1o.png
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119671 Thank you. --Dwayne On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Dwayne Henderson < [email protected]> wrote: > I really appreciate the support! Will add to Bugzilla ASAP. > > --Dwayne > > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Kevin Grignon > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Dwayne Henderson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Greetings! >> > >> > Seeking an easier way of laying out form elements. >> > >> > Right now, after creating a form element, one has to spend a lot of time >> > getting the PositionX, PositionY, Width and Height just right if one >> wants >> > it to fit in nicely with the cell - without blocking out parts of its >> grid >> > ( >> > http://i.imgur.com/7oeAU.png => http://i.imgur.com/idTKV.png) - or >> being >> > too crammed to the left. >> > >> > I'm thinking: >> > >> > - A "Snap to grid" that snaps to the actual cell grid >> > - A "Spacing to contents" for form elements such as Option Buttons, >> Check >> > Boxes etc. so that they don't get too crammed to the left >> > - "Text padding" for the text inside List Boxes etc. so that they too >> don't >> > get too crammed to the left (currently one has to add a leading >> whitespace >> > to remedy this: http://i.imgur.com/H7Yye.png) >> > >> >> KG01 >> >> Indeed, smarter defaults would reduce the amount of secondary formatting >> and form layout refinements - making for a better experience >> >> You've made many great suggestions. Consider capturing these requests as >> individual requests for enhancement in BZ backlog. >> >> Regards, >> Kevin >> >> >> >> > I hope we can get together and do something about this ASAP. >> > >> > --Dwayne >> > >> > >
