More questions about statusbar menu

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 05/09/2022 à 12:26, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes a écrit :
>> Do as you see fit.
> 
> I did, but I have more questions now.

PS: I realize that I should have read tickets #12182 and #12187 before 
posting point 3/. I do not want to initiate an endless discussion about 
these things :) It is just that I noticed this while looking at the 
statistics thing.

> 
> 1/ the word/char checkboxes, would "Count Words" be clearer than "Word 
> Count" ? (I think about themes where checkbox is not visible when off)
> 
> 2/ we have to settle on wording:
>     statusbar:         Characters (No Blanks)
>     statusbar menu:    Character Count (Without Blanks)
>     statistics dialog: %1$d characters (excluding blanks)
> 
>     So, native English speakers, what is the right way to convey that we 
> do not count blanks?
> 
> 3/ The contextual menu is a weird merge of what LibreOffice and MS 
> Office do:
>    * LO: each element has its menu, the zoom menu has example values to 
> set (fit width, fit page, 50%, 75%, etc.), no way to tell which 
> statistics should be there
>    * MSO: only one menu with checkboxes to indicate which elements 
> should be shown, no way to tell which statistics should be there, no way 
> to set zoom from menu
>    * LyX one menu that does both selection of elements and zooming, zoom 
> in/out and reset to default (main use IMO is to learn shortcuts), 
> weird-looking precomputed zoom values
> 
> I understand that splitting the menu would make zoom menu unavailable 
> when both count and slider are off; some solution would be needed if 
> splitting the menus. OTOH I am not sure that the zoom menu is useful, 
> except maybe for the reset to default, which is not available via a 
> mouse click. In this respect, I like the Firefox approach, where 
> clicking on the zoom indicator resets zoom to default.
> 
> So as you can see, lots of small questions.
> 
> JMarc