Hi, all, I created a wiki under AOO 4.0 planning for sidebar<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+sidebar>. Please review and check if any thing else need to be added.
- Shenfeng (Simon) 2012/11/5 Kevin Grignon <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 01.11.2012 17:02, RGB ES wrote: > > > >> 2012/11/1 Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> > >> > >> On 01.11.2012 09:59, Kevin Grignon wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello All, > >>>> > >>>> I've been exploring design alternatives for adding navigation tabs to > >>>> the > >>>> docked task pane. > >>>> > >>>> See: > >>>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/****wiki/AOO_UX_Design_**< > http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/AOO_UX_Design_**> > >>>> Exploration_-_Docked_Task_****Pane_Container_-_Tab_User_**** > >>>> Interface_Design<http://wiki.**openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_** > >>>> Design_Exploration_-_Docked_**Task_Pane_Container_-_Tab_** > >>>> User_Interface_Design< > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Docked_Task_Pane_Container_-_Tab_User_Interface_Design > > > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> We should keep in mind that there are not only UX changes involved > >>> here. > >>> I see three areas to work on: > >>> > >>> 1. UX. Look and feel. Kevin has made the first step in this area. > >>> > >>> 2. Programming framework. There is already a UNO API for plugable > >>> sidebar > >>> controls in general. There is a C++ framework for the side bar used in > >>> Impress. These different approaches should be unified and extended to > be > >>> usable by all AOO applications and by extension developers. > >>> > >>> 3. Sidebar content. At the moment I only know the sidebar in AOO > Impress > >>> (implemented a large part of it myself) and the Symphony sidebar. > >>> > >>> You can dock the stylist, the navigator, the gallery and the old > >> "fontwork > >> tool" to have a sort of sidebar on all AOO components. > >> > > > > I know. And it will be a challenge, at least on the technical level, to > > join all the different features that we have to today, that can > contribute > > the new side bar. > > > > -Andre > > > > > > > >> Regards > >> Ricardo > >> > >> > >> I think that we want the sidebar for AOO Writer and Calc, too, and have > >>> to > >>> think about what to put into it. Here we can learn and copy a lot from > >>> Symphony. > >>> > >>> -Andre > >>> > >>> > > > > In my next iteration, I define the content area. Then we can see how the > tabs are rendered with content. > > Regards, > Kevin >
