From 04eeba3432270edc3eeb7f550091af8f77b862cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steffen Becker Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:00:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: why the ribbon has no Font dialog MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Character spacing and kerning live on a named style, not on a run — setting them as direct formatting would need a new mark attribute and export work on both formats. Everything else that dialog would hold is already on the Home tab. --- docs/architecture/ribbon.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/architecture/ribbon.md b/docs/architecture/ribbon.md index 1e594fd..360fcf4 100644 --- a/docs/architecture/ribbon.md +++ b/docs/architecture/ribbon.md @@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ The ribbon surfaces a good deal the engine already carried with nothing to reach underline and strikethrough line styles, Find and Replace as buttons, the page break, section breaks, absolute left/right indent, the table-of-contents depth, cell margins, Save As. +## Dialogs + +`ParagraphDialog` and `TabsDialog` open from Word's ↘ launcher in a group's corner. They are +chrome-agnostic, so classic could gain launchers of its own at no cost. + +There is **no Font dialog**: the Home tab already carries change case and the underline and +strikethrough line styles, and the two things left over — `letterSpacingPt` and `kerning` — live +on a named style, not on a run. Setting them as direct formatting would mean a new mark attribute +and export work on both formats, which is more than a chrome rebuild. The style manager is where +they belong. + ## What retiring classic would free Recorded so the option stays visible, not as a plan: `Toolbar.svelte` and