Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 30939
Non-intuative way to change formatting in Find/Replace
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:42:51 UTC
The folllowing issue was reported by a used whoes probably appeared the have been caused by a non-intuative UI element: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30553 1. Select Edit > Fine & Replace 2. Give focus to the "Search for" text box 3. Click "Format" 4. Specify some format (doesn't matter what, just select something and click okay) 5. Observe that the format for the "Search for" text has been changed. 6. Give focus to the "Replace with" text box 7. Click "Format" 8. Specify some format again (a different one than before prefereably) and click okay 9. Observe that the format for the "Replace with" text has been changed. This button "Format" is performing two functions. (Setting the format for the 'search for' and the format for the 'replace with') The same is true for the "No Format" button. When I first saw this, I expect these buttons only to be for the "replace with" text, as if there was no facility to set the format for the "search for". The user posting the issue I refered to, I belive they must have acidentally changed the search for format instead of the replace with format. (I did this too trying to reproduce the issue untill i noticed it)
Created attachment 16206 [details] The current Find & Replace dialog
Created attachment 16207 [details] Suggested Find & Replace dialog, with two copies of the format buttons
I attached a mocked-up png of how *I* envision the dialog although I assure you I wont be offended if you ignore it. ;)
Part of issue 30553 ------------------------------------- ...And to make it even more complicated, after clicking 'Format', and sellecting the desired formating, when closing the 'Text Format (Replace/Search)' dialog the focus remains in the 'Format' button, so the user has to remember which field (search or replace) had the focus before, in order to know which formating he changed.... ------------------------------------ You could have a look at this here: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30553
->Sba: please have a look
spiros2907, I pointed this out wiht my cross-linking already: ------------------------------------- The folllowing issue was reported by a used whoes probably appeared the have been caused by a non-intuative UI element: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30553 ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- I have now created an issue for the UI issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=30939 -------------------------------------
Sorry Ic3 Sent it before noticing the link
That's okay, but my name's Lc3, the names show in lowercase ;)
Sorry again Lc3 (keep saying sorry her :) lol) Will remember in the future...
SBA->BH: I think there are already several hints about "Find and Replace" not being too intuitive :-) PLease proceed.
lc3 has right. me also use very much find/replace, for instance to replace 3 enters with one (in ms-office replace ^a^a^a with ^a) or replace 5 tabs with 12 spaces and so on. regular expressions are great for the skilly user but not for the mass. so ms-office will still be the best in this issue. don't leave regular expressions but FINALLY add a simple manner to replace special characters!!! like this it is unusable...
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".