UI Update for Window Splitter

OpenOffice.org 2.0

Document - ID	Specification Owner	Last Change	Status
	Christian Jansen	08/26/04	Final
Conforms to	
Applies to	All Modules
Task ID(s)	33240, i20074 ,
Category	Feature

i-Team Members (The specification owner is part of the i-Team)

	Name	E-mail Address
User Experience	Christian Jansen	Cj@openoffice.org
Development	Stephan Schäfer	Ssa@openoffice.org
Quality Assurance	Thorsten Martens	Tm@openoffice.org
Documentation	Uwe Fischer	Ufi@openoffice.org

Approved for Implementation

	Approved by	Date
User Experience	Christian Jansen	08/26/04
Development	Stephan Schäfer	08/26/04

Document Change History

Rev. Level	Change	Initials	Date
1.0	Final created	CJ	08/26/04
1.1			

Contents

Glossary	1

1	Motivation	1

2	Requirements and Dependencies	2

2.1	Requirements	2

2.2	Technical Dependencies	2

3	Competitive Analyses	2

4	Detailed Specification	2

5	Future Tasks	5

6	Notes	5

7	References	6

Glossary

Term	Description
<Term 1>	

Motivation

The split indicator off OpenOffice.org 1.1 looks dated and has usability issues. One of the major usability issues is the behavior that it is possible to have a semi floating state. I can cover parts of the document, and a selection for example gets lost. Figure 1 shows an example.

Figure 1 Semi Floating Mode in OpenOffice.org

Requirements and Dependencies

Requirements

Q-PCD Improve usability of modifying menus

Product Requirement:

Enhance usability of floating windows.

Product Concept:

The semi-floating state will be dropped. This means it will not be possible to have a docked Gallery in a state which covers parts of the document window. Floating windows will provide only two states docked or undocked.

Technical Dependencies

N/A

Competitive Analyses

N/A

Detailed Specification

The new splitter shall provide a width of 7px including border.

The Pin shall be removed

The 'Hide' button shall be moved to the middle

A highlight effect shall appear when mouse is over the hide button of the splitter

Drag Area: One click on the drag area shall toggle the state of the window from open to close or vice versa.

Drag Area: Click & than holding the mouse button down shall allow to drag the splitter -> on mouse up the splitter shall stay at its dragged position.

Figure 2, 3 & illustrate the new splitter

Future Tasks

N/A

Notes

N/A

References

N/A

UI Update for Split Window

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http://specs.openoffice.org/ui_in_general/controls/window_splitter.sxw

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