Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 23750
unify "format" and "Atrributes" in find dialog
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:41:21 UTC
The find and replace dialog is a cluttered mess, especially now that we have regex searching working properly. One measure to improve it would be to unify the two buttons presently listed as "format" and "attributes" The separation between “attributes” and “format” is confusing to the user and should be abolished. At the moment, the user has to choose twice, in two separate dialogues, to do something as simple as searching for bold text. I can’t see why (except from the PoV of the API, which should be invisible). If the user selects “bold” in the format section, the program ought to assume that they want to search in the font-weight attribute. Otherwise, why ask for "bold"? OO Writer ought not to ignore the selection under format, as it does now, until the user opens the "attribute" button and scrolls through a huge and non-intuitive list to tick "font weight" and then closes that (a third mouse click!) before pressing "find". Steps to see why this is a good idea: Try a moderately complex search and replace -- eg formatting the first word of every paragraph in bold.
Created attachment 12041 [details] a short play showing the problems with this dialog
reassigned to bh
I have altered to verion to be the very latest, since that dhoice is now available. I would also suggest that the present, single dialog be broken into two, with the "replace" portions accessible only after a user has chosen to replace something. I can do a screenshot of a mockup if that would help to clarify these ideas.
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To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".