Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 125988
Text for dropdown box within view dialog too long
Last modified: 2021-06-13 23:15:32 UTC
Created attachment 84341 [details] Patch The text "Automatic (Galaxy (default))" for the style dropdown box within preferences / OpenOffice / view dialog is too long. I supplied a patch attached to this bug report. The current dialog is shown in "Screenshot without patch.png" attached to this bug report. The affected dropdown box is marked with a red box. With patch applied the result is shown in "Screenshot with patch.png". The affected dropdown box is marked with a red box again. In addition I adjusted the check box text label "Screen font antialiasing". The position of the remaining dialog elements on the dialog's left side are adjusted too. I'm able to test on Mac OS X only. The patch has to be retested on Mac OS X, but it has to be tested on Windows and Linux too.
Created attachment 84342 [details] Screenshot without patch
Created attachment 84343 [details] Screenshot with patch
Comment on attachment 84341 [details] Patch The patch removes the title case of the headings in the dialog. I think, that those headings should remain in title case.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #3) > Comment on attachment 84341 [details] > Patch > > The patch removes the title case of the headings in the dialog. I think, > that those headings should remain in title case. I don't know what exactly is removed here from you point of view. It would be very nice to have a screenshot attached for better understanding.
Your patch does User Interface --> User interface Font Lists --> Font lists I have noticed, that the headings in that dialog are inconsistent formated. Solution would be to change Graphics output --> Graphics Output A new issue about this inconsistency should be generated with a separate patch for only that problem. Having patches for single problems makes it easier to find the connection between code change and problem in the history of the code. An additional problem is, that your patch removes the line wrap in the text "Use system font for user interface" But that line wrap is needed for some languages. For example in German the text is "Systemschriftart für die Benutzeroberfläche verwenden" That is much longer than the English text and would not fit without line break.
I don't see any inconsistency. Only the first word is using capital letters at the beginning. This is consistent to the other preference dialogs. But there are other dialog boxes, e.g. hyperlink tab in Writer's character formatting dialog, which are using capital letters at the beginning of all words. The right formatting has to be defined. Currently most of the dialogs are using only a single capital letter at the beginning. Reason of removing line wrap was a shift of the text slight up with OS X. This shift is caused by the line wrap. I'll try to find a better solution preserving line wrap.
You are right about the capital letters, not all but most headings do not use title case. That is different to LibreOffice. So your change is acceptable. The problem with the line wrap remains.