Issue 21865

Reassigned to Bettina.

Hi,

I posted another issue also addressed this "problem". But the issue
was useless because I failed to search for similar issues thoroughly
enough. (issue 21861)

Anyway.

Not all buttons with the little green triangle that drop down and have
to do with color behave alike. Not across applications and not within. 

I.e. in Writer the buttons "Font Color", "Highlighting" have a
standard color and only drop down when clicked for longer to select
another standard color. That works as expected. "Background Color"
however only drops down and has no standard. (I guess this is a bug)

Other applications (draw, impress, calc) also only drop down. They
should behave like "Font Color" in writer, and have a standard color
which remains during a session and is applied on short clicking on the
button. (I guess this is an improvement)

b.

OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently 'Unconfirmed' pending review, but has not been
updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the
latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed.
Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
 
Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as
necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of:
~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~
http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html

To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements". 

This report responds to ace_dent's May 16 request for testing and feedback using
a newer version of OOo.

Report Summary: Inconsistent behaviors remain in the latest version for font
color, highlighting, and background color icons across OpenOffice applications.
Details follow. Also, please see attached file for a summary table.  

Build: OOo-dev 3.3.0, DEV300m78 (Build: 9501)
OS: Windows 7

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FONT COLOR SHOULD STICK (CALC, IMPRESS, AND DRAW)

The icon behavior is inconsistent between OOo applications and with MS Office
applications. 

In Writer, a single left-click on the font color icon applies the selected color
to selected text and "sticks" so that the same color can be applied another
place in the document without re-selecting the desired color. This behavior is
consistent with the font color icon behavior in MS Word, Powerpoint, and Excel.
 However, in Calc, Impress, and Draw, the selected color does not "stick" to be
used again. Instead, the icon displays the color of a chosen cell or text. The
user can only reapply the same color to a cell (in Calc) or text (in Impress or
Draw) and must open the palette to change a color. This is inconsistent with the
font color behavior in Writer and with the font color behavior found in MS
Office applications. In Writer and in MS Office applications, a single,
left-click applies the most recently used color to a selection.   

RECOMMENDATION: Change behavior of font color icon in Calc, Impress, and Draw so
that a selected color "sticks" and a single, left-click will apply the most
recently used color to a selection. The recommended behavior is already present
in Writer and is consistent with MS Office applications. This behavior allows
users to easily match colors throughout documents without requiring them to
remember which specific shades of a color they used before. 	

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BACKGROUND COLOR ICON SHOULD APPLY A COLOR (WRITER AND CALC) 

In Writer and Calc, a single left-click on the background color icon reveals the
color palette instead of applying a selected color. The behavior is the same as
clicking on the disclosure arrow next to the background color icon. 

RECOMMENDATION: Change behavior of background color icon in Writer and Calc so
that a selected color "sticks" and a single, left-click will apply the most
recently used color to a selection. The recommended behavior is consistent with
the font color icon behavior already present in Writer and is consistent with
that found in MS Word and Excel. As above, the recommended behavior allows users
to easily match colors throughout documents without requiring them to remember
which shades of a color they used before. 

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A LONG-CLICK (CLICK AND HOLD) SHOULD APPLY A SELECTED COLOR (WRITER, CALC,
IMPRESS, AND DRAW)

When the font color, highlighting, and background icons are available, a
long-click (click and hold) on each icon reveals the color palette in Writer,
Calc, Impress, and Draw. This behavior is consistent across the OOo applications
but is INCONSISTENT with behavior in MS Office applications. In MS Office, a
long-click behaves in the same was as a regular click and the last selected
color is applied to the selected text. 

RECOMMENDATION: Change the behavior of a long-click for font color,
highlighting, and background icons so that a selected color “sticks” and a
long-click will appy the most recently used color to a selection. This
recommendation makes the behavior consistent with the poplar MS Office
applications. It also makes the features more usable for individuals with
handicaps who have less control of their input devices.  

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PALETTE OF COLORS SHOULD NOT COVER ICONS (FONT COLOR, BACKGROUND COLOR,
HIGHLIGHTING)

The color palette should not cover the font color, background color, and
highlighting icons when it is invoked. This behavior is consistent across the
OOo applications but is INCONSISTENT with behavior in MS Office applications. It
makes it impossible for a user to recognize when they have unintentionally
clicked on an icon and recover from their error.  

RECOMMENDATION: Change the behavior of the color palette so that it drops below
the toolbar and lets the user see all the icons. 

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DEFAULT VALUES OF FONT COLOR, HIGHLIGHTING, AND BACKGROUND ICONS

The default values are as follows:

Highlighting = last selected color in Writer. Highlighting icon is unavailable
in Calc, Impress, and Draw. This is consistent with MS Word. 

Font color = last selected color in Writer and Automatic in Calc, Impress, and
Draw. This is consistent with Writer and Word. It is inconsistent with Excel and
PowerPoint where the default is Red instead of automatic. 

Background = No fill in Writer and Automatic in Calc. This is consistent with MS
Word but Excel uses Yellow as the default color. Writer uses the last selected
color as the default values for the highlighting and font color icons. 

Created attachment 69821 [details]
Summary of icon behaviors presented in table format. (Easier to review)

Created attachment 73912

As given in attachment 69821 [details].
AOO410m18(Build:9764)  -  Rev. 1589052
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