Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 55835
change handles if their function changes
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:39:06 UTC
this might be considered rfe, but given how confusing current situation is, i would call that a defect. when i first tried out effects in draw (flip and others) it took me a while to determine the correct way to apply some of them. turns out, you have to drag handles, even though they have not changed and indicate that you can simply resize the object. only indication for a user is cursor icon that is changed when it is over these handles. since then sevral persons have asked me how to actually apply the effects, so this seems to be common source of confusion. if handles do something else than default actions (resizing), they should reflect that by changing to different shape/colour (for example, rotation mode changes handles as expected. none of other effects in 'effects' toolbar do so).
Did you had a look into the help to get and idea how the effects work? Reassigned.
well, i figured that out without looking into help, but to be useful to most people they should be a lot more intuitive - most people never read help (and then there's that part of users that don't have localized help files and don't understand english well enough to use help effeciently). given that i have been asked by several people in past few weeks how do effects work - i think in this case the problem is ui design, even though help reading might help. but having good helpfiles is no excuse for keeping unsuccessful ui concepts ;)
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