Hi Christoph, On 2011-07-29 at 00:38 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote:
> > > resets whatever flags the user has set in the Search& Replace dialog > > > too. This is not easy to fix, so I wonder if you consider this stop-gap > > > solution bearable for the users? > > Kendy, you mention "is not easy to fix" - what do you mean here? Setting > back the options in general, or (maybe) making find bar and find&replace > dialog work independently? Both :-) > Okay, before offering some ideas, here are my assumptions: > * the find bar will be used for straightforward search only (thus: > it should not adapt / implement the search&replace dialog > exclusive items) > * both dialog bar and find&replace dialog won't be visible at the > same time (currently the daily build doesn't work for me ... so > I can't check how it works at the moment) They can be both visible at the same time, and you can switch between them, etc. > * If the find&replace dialog is opened for the first time (in this > session, for the given module), then defaults are used that > don't enable anything in the "More Options" panel > * The find&replace dialog is rather complex and people might also > have issues to "default" all the setting easily > > If some statements appear weird - please feel free to correct me! > > So my proposals: > * The find&replace dialog should: > * ... either: show the "More Options" panel state when > re-openend and "more options" have been changed --> as > suggested by Cor > * ... or: restore the "More Options" panel state when > re-openend (e.g. show it, if it was shown before) > * ... and (optional): visualize if "more options" are > changed even if that panel is closed (e.g. needs some > thoughts) > * The shared find bar options and the find&replace dialog options > should be synced (the last used element sets the options / > find / replace strings etc. of the other element). All > non-shared elements (here: only relevant for the search&replace > dialog) are reset to defaults. > * The find&replace dialog should get a "Defaults" button to reset > all the control elements in the dialog [optional, > recommendation] > > Mmh, it seems that should be added to the whiteboard page - agreed? Did > I miss anything? > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Find_Bar Just to set the expectations right :-) - I am unable to do any complex changes here (lack of time), it will have to be split into Easy Hacks or something. Regards, Kendy _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
