Difference between revisions of "Notes2 Design Visualization of Focus"

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Summary

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Rationale

It should be possible for the user to clearly identify or to distinguish:

• Notes Windows that belong to a certain Notes Anchor which is selected
• a currently edited Notes Window
• the currently edited Document Text

Assumptions

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Proposed Designs

Proposal "Adjust Intensity of the Text Color"

The picture shows the visualization of the focus (e.g. when selected, edited) in simplified Notes Windows: The color intensity of the text in the left Notes Window is decreased to reduce the distraction of the user from working with the main document text in Writer.

The colors that identify different authors should not be altered, therefore no transparency is used for Notes Windows' background. The use of transparency for the Notes Windows background color could have a negative impact on the ability of the user to differentiate the - sometimes similar - colors.

Proposal “Highlighting When Hovering The Anchor”

The following proposal show a moderate animation of the Notes Windows when the mouse pointer hovers the Notes Anchor. The goal of this kind of highlighting is to guide the view of the user towards the Note Window. So the user is not "forced" to follow the thin connector lines. This kind of highlighting is shown only one time.

Advantages:

• The view of the user is guided towards the Note Window.
• After showing the animation, the Note Window is shown in the common look.

Disadvantages:

• Maybe some users will get a bit annoyed.

Please open the graphic to view the full animation

Selected Design

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Implementation

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Code Changes

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Outstanding Issues

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