Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 61816
The selected font color and font background colour on the toolbar does not apply to the inputting text
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:42:00 UTC
The selected font color on the toolbar does not apply to the inputting text. This causes some confusion when a user wants to change the color while inputting text. I understand that function of the button is only to change the color of existing text, but then we need to have more intuitive way to handle the scenario. Steps to reproduce, 1. Open writer 2. Type some text 3. Select red color through the button on the toolbar 4. Type more text 5. Confirm the selected color does not apply to the text 6. Change the font color to blue through 'Format > Character > Font Effects'. 7. Type more text 8. Confirm the selected color applies to the new text 9. Now, font color button has red underline but inputting text has blue color.
Reassigned to requirements.
Note that the cursor changes to (in German) 'Gießkanne' when you use the button on the toolbar. The behaviour of this button has been changed. It works only when you use it over typed text. You can replace this button, called 'char colour' (German: Zeichenfarbe) with the button 'font colour' (German: Schriftfarbe). Then you have the same behaviour as 'Format > Character > Font Effects'. Strangly both buttons have the same icons and there is although a button without icon called in German 'Schriftfarbe Gießkanne' which has the same effect as the button 'font colour'. The button 'char background' has the similar behaviour as the button 'char colour' but there is no equivalent as for 'font colour'. And there is although a button without icon called in German 'Zeichenhintergrund Gießkanne' with the same effect as 'char background' This should be checked and changed. May be, that the English terms aren't correct. I have only a German version of OOo. OOo 680m155 (Build:9003)
Hi jolatt, Thanks for the information. The 'Character' button seems to be the shortest way to change the color of current position, for now. jeongkyu
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completed summary in accordance to comments. The current UI behaviour is as reported, but: I doubt whether the current behaviour really should be changed - has that really been discussed wirh "user experience"? Of course it is user friendly if the shown colour in the buttons matches with the colours of the text at the current caret position. But the current behaviour also has some advantage: The colours in the button show the last action done with the button, and the next click on the button will just redo this action. This behaviour would be lost if UI would be changed as requested. So I reopen as UNCINFIRMED for further discussion. Is this really only relevant for WIN (I doubt) or for all OS?
As explained in my earlier comment
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