https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91874
V Stuart Foote <***@utsa.edu> changed:
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Priority|low |medium
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See Also|https://bugs.documentfounda |
|tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78 |
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Summary|Search over main menu (Tell |A Search by function or
|Me or Ubuntu's HUD |keyword over main menu--
|alternative) |similar to SpotLight, Tell
| |Me, or Ubuntu's HUD but
| |native for LO GUI
--- Comment #5 from V Stuart Foote <***@utsa.edu> ---
Thanks Adolfo! I'd searched for these but didn't pick them out :-( To suplement
Yan's OP here, bringing these over from dupe bug(s) and adjusting
summary--consolidating UX and any implementation discussion on this issue.
bmharding 78033#0
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Implement a smart text box to allow people to find functions in LibreOffice or
tutorials and help without hunting through the menus.
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To improve usability and productivity and to help users discover functions in
various LibreOffice applications.
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(i) The Smart address bar in most web browsers allows the user to start typing
and see items from their browsing history, bookmarks or a smart auto-suggested
web search. If they donât find it, they can use a web search to do so. (e.g.
Chrome, Firefox smart bars)
(ii) Windows 7âs Start Menu will search for installed programs, documents,
other files, emails, control panel items etc.
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⢠If no results come up, offer a web-search based on, for example, LibreOffice
Writer + search term which might throw up tutorials which use a different form
of words than is used in the feature or functionâs name or description.
⢠Allow the user to pin favourite functions next to the smart box (icon +
mouse-over tooltip) and/or display recently found functions. Only power users
will find the Customize menu options.
⢠Context-aware results â e.g. if the cursor is in Writer table and the user
starts typing âCOLâ they might want things to do with Background COLOR or Font
COLOR or table COLUMN-width. If in non-table areas, they might be interested in
Font COLOR or COLUMNS text layout. If in a multi-column area they might want to
insert a COLUMN-break.
⢠Indicate where to find the feature via the pull-down menu structure.
⢠Make common suggestions based on cursor context all the time without
requiring input. E.g. if selecting text in a table, display âtype here or see
suggested functionsâ and when cursor is there, offer select cell, select
current row, select current column, select whole table.
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nielsenmateusz 100315#0
Searching through menus can often be time consuming, and if you're
inexperienced with the Suite, you have to go to the Documentation to find a
specific feature that you want.
A nice way to fix that would be implementing a search box that allows you to
search for specific functionalities in the program. Search for "horizontal
line" and you get all the functionalities of the program with this keyword,
including "insert horizontal line".
You can simply click enter, and it will insert a horizontal line, or you can
press Ctrl+Shift+Enter and it will show you how to navigate the menu to find
that specific thing you searched for.
If you search "Horizontal Line" and use the help option, it will open
Format -> Styles and Formatting -> Horizontal Line
step by step, showing the user how to get to that functionality without using
the search box.
Now the user can learn about the program in a more visual way without going to
documentation.
Stuart 100315#1 --
Isn't this just a rehash of see also bug 43894 -- if the built-in help is
installed the indexed search is provided as localized for the OS. F1 provides
the dialog where select the Find tab. And on OS X, believe it is integrated
into the Help menu.
TomaÅŸ 100315#2 --
No, this sounds like "search for commands" that is available by default in MSO
2016 (and with a plug-in in previous versions). And Ubuntu also has something
like this to search the menus of programs (including LibreOffice)..
When we reorganized the menu and we moved commands around something like this
would be useful for the users. For example people didn't find pivot table at
its usual place - with this the user could type "pivot" and the search would
find all commands that has "pivot" in the name. So in this case it would find
"Insert -> Pivot Table.." and if you click on it / hit enter, it would execute
the command.
I think something like this would be useful to have native in LO to make
searching for commands in the menu easier and I don't think it would be that
hard to implement.
Heiko in 100315#3 --
Isn't this system feature, like Spotlight on MacOS or Unity's HUD? And in case
of Microsoft Windows there might be an app which does the same. So
NOTOURFEATURE?
TomaÅŸ in 100315#5 --
Well for OSX and Ubuntu it is a system feature but this requires a system with
global menu and integration from LO. So I doubt there is an application for
Windows which does this.
I think this feature is useful for all users so it would be useful to have it
available in LO on all platforms. The search could go even deeper and not be
bound just to the menu (style search and apply for example). That's probably
why MS added it to MSO 2016. It is quite convenient to hit Alt-Q and type "ins
pic" + enter to open an insert picture dialog.
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