https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59284

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 59284
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: FORMATTING: Make it easier to apply borders to cells
          Severity: enhancement
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: emir_s...@msn.com
          Hardware: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
           Version: 3.3.0 release
         Component: Spreadsheet
           Product: LibreOffice

Hello,

IMHO, the current cell formatting/borders dialog makes applying borders to
cells very hard in general. It looks confusing, outdated, and lacks ease of use
(also functionality). Let me explain:

- There are no visible-at-first-glance border definitions, user has to chase
through a drop-down menu. 

- The definitions in this menu are confusing, they all look the same, user has
to define thickness via setting it manually. 

- When selected multiple cells with different borders, it is very complicated
to set a batch border setting, and this does not respond quite well, for
instance in Excel this responds quite well to user behaviour. 

- Dotted borders look blurry and outdated. So as thick borders. 

Possible improvements:

- Set predefined borders, so user would choose thicknesses at first glance.
This includes fixing border widths, so it would not disappear when selecting a
cell. I recall there was a bug report about this, I'll add it here. 
- Hide thickness width selection under a button, so user would not get
confused. 
- Improve border rendering, so it would look stylish (especially dotted ones). 
- Border preview box could be a little bit bigger, so it would be easier to
apply borders by mouse clicks. 

Feel free to add any suggestions under this thread.

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