Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 23569
Visualise when CAPS-LOCK is activated with cursor and in status bar
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:33:59 UTC
When you activate CAPS-LOCK the GUI should clearly reflect this. I propose changing the cursor icon and display CAPS in the status bar. As of OpenOffice.org 1.1 the GUI doesn't show whether or not CAPS-LOCK is enabled. People that are not trained typewriters often look at the keyboard when they start typing, and when they finish a sentence they realise the text is in CAPS. A text cursor with a framed capital A in the lower right corner of the cursor icon could prevent these unfortunate breakdowns. Furthermore, the status bar should display CAPS when CAPS-LOCK is enabled.
How about expecting the typist to look at the keyboard they're typing on and see if the CAPS-LOCK light is on? Your suggestion would have them looking at all caps and also noticing a framed capital A, which still means they have to undo the caps. I see no advantage in the suggestion -- none at all for inattention to what is quite literally right in front of the user.
For starters I have a wireless keyboard without the light. Even if the keyboard had the light I would never notice it because I do not interact with it the same way I interact with the GUI and the mouse cursor. Furthermore the light on a keyboard is often placed above the numeric keypad, which you seldom use to type case-sensitive text. The placement above the numeric keypad is also placing the light dangerously near the eyes physical blind spot.
SBA: Reassigned to Bettina.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".