On 4/30/13 8:55 AM, Andre Fischer wrote: > On 29.04.2013 17:46, Juergen Schmidt wrote: >> Am Montag, 29. April 2013 um 09:20 schrieb Andre Fischer: >>> On 24.04.2013 13:12, Armin Le Grand wrote: >>>> Hi List, >>>> >>>> I agree that the conent (no content) is not good. What we want the >>>> user to do is to select an object or create/insert one, so it would be >>>> nice to offer just that. It is a suggestion, but offering insertin of >>>> objects may be best. Possibilities for this: >>>> >>>> (1) Gallery >>>> (2) Panel which offers to start DrawObject construction, like in the >>>> drawing toolbar >>>> >>>> We have a panel for (1), but the context switch would need to change >>>> the TabBar (instead of reacting on context switch and changing the >>>> panels dependent of content). >>>> >>>> We have no panel for (2), but it may be not too difficult to crreate >>>> one. Wouldn't it be nice to have/show that panel for other apps, too? >>>> It could show the draw object creators as ToolBars with useful groups, >>>> but some of this vertically, thus offering a much more direct >>>> selection which object creation to start than the current Draw toolbar >>>> offers... >>>> >>>> Maybe too much for 4.0, but... >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Armin >>>> >>> >>> We still need the replacement text when there is no panel. I agree >>> that we should show a property panel for Draw. But there are situations >>> where there is no panel defined. It can even happen as a result of a >>> configuration error. >>> >>> So, does anybody has a better idea than >>> >>> "Please, select an object to access its properties" >>> >>> and >>> >>> "Properties for the task that you are performing are not available for >>> the current selection" >>> >> We should keep in mind that this kind of changes means some extra work >> to update the translation sources. >> >> It's possible but if at all we will probably update the files only >> ones. This means we have to define a deadline for this kind of changes. > > Would the end of the week be OK?
yes, I think that would be ok. I will update at the beginning of next week the translation sources. Juergen > > -Andre > >> >> Juergen >>> ? >>> -Andre >>> >>>> On 24.04.2013 09:37, Andre Fischer wrote: >>>>> On 23.04.2013 21:43, RGB ES wrote: >>>>>> From enhancement request 122049 >>>>>> >>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122049 >>>>>> >>>>>> With the sidebar enabled, on a Draw document with no object selected >>>>>> the >>>>>> Properties deck shows no controls and only displays the following >>>>>> text >>>>>> >>>>>> "Properties for the task that you are performing are not available >>>>>> in the >>>>>> sidebar at this time" >>>>>> >>>>>> This text is a bit misleading, because it is not clear that you only >>>>>> need >>>>>> to select an object to see something there. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm no native English speaker so I'm not able to provide a good >>>>>> alternative >>>>>> for that text. Something like >>>>>> >>>>>> "Please, select an object to access its properties" >>>>>> >>>>>> comes to my mind, but for sure there is a better wording. >>>>>> Suggestions? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Ricardo >>>>>> >>>>> Thanks for starting this discussion. What about this: >>>>> >>>>> "Properties for the task that you are performing are not available >>>>> for the current selection" >>>>> >>>>> -Andre >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> ALG >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org