Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2446
Font size selection in the middle, or 25-35%
Last modified: 2013-08-12 10:57:52 UTC
Don't just copy M$, for example when selecting a new font. The Font drop down always displays the current font at the very top of the list. This is fine assuming you want to make the font bigger - you just click on the desired size, if it is visible. However, to go from 12pt to say 10pt requires moving the slider and then clicking. Lazy people like me don't want to do this !!! How about presenting the current font size in the middle (when possible) of the drop down :-)
Reassigned to Falko.
This issue is re-assigned to Christian Jansen for further evaluation.
Yes, you are right. We change the by default focused area.
Reassigened to Bettina
Reassigned to Bettina.
Lots of reassigning, no action :-)
I think it is good idea, I think better not in the middle. maybe at 25-35% position. because mostly people use default font size, and many people are adding the font size to bigger, compared to make it smaller.
please update summary and add the keyword...
I think the statement about mostly going to bigger fonts contains some assumptions about the type of writing being done. However, I would say that the 25-30% area is a good compromise.
Personally, I would like the currently selected font size to be in the middle. Sometimes I'm entering text that is 14 pt size and want to move back to 12 pt. In fact, I do that more often than I move to a larger font size.
Font size selection in the middle, or 25-35 % will make user easier to adjust the font size. user not always want to make font bigger, but sometimes also want to make it smaller. example default font now is 12. better if we can see 10 until 16 by default when we hit the font size
when opening the drop-down list box for font size the current selected font-size is always on top of the drop-down list. If one wants to decrease the font-size he/she has to scroll up. Instead it is more sensible to put the current font size (incl. the focus) into the first third of the list.
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EM to HDU, I spoke with Philip about this and he said to transfer it to you with target 3.3. Please fix it so that the current size appears in the middle so that the user can see both smaller and larger sizes. Thank you!
@pl: the listbox/combobox should provide a style "keep selected item somewhere near the middle". The OOo UI has many other listboxes where this style could be useful. Reassigning as agreed.
*** Issue 52897 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
fixed in CWS vcl108
This enlightens my day ;-) Thank you, dear programmer, whoever you are, for fixing this!
please verify in CWS vcl108
Verified with cws vcl108 = ok
I wonder if osavill is still round here to see his issue finally fixed 9 years later
I certainly am, still trying to push OOo into my company :-) It's great to see this enhancement finally put into OOo. I'm still waiting for Issue 2313 :-)
nice suggestion. I hope this issue will be fixed in OOo 3.3
Had to re-open. The fix may have been submitted but it still hasn't been brought into the main line code in OO Dev 3.2.1.
Target milestone was and is OOo330 (available as DEV300_mXX) => resetting to FIXED.
setting to verified again
*** Issue 88190 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
This issue is solved, Tested in AOO 3.4.1 in Ubuntu. Closing issue