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Brandon ThomasandClaude Opus 5.5 9d571ef644 Selection Pane: reorder by drag and drop, groups, Show/Hide All and Lock, as in PowerPoint (#133 ) (#332 )

* #133: Selection pane engine: restack inside groups, Show/Hide All, Lock like PowerPoint

- arrange.bringForward/sendBackward/bringToFront/sendToBack and arrange.reorder work on a
  group's children, which stay in their group (as PowerPoint's pane arrows and drag do);
  steps that change nothing leave no undo step.
- selection.select (pane click: Ctrl toggles, children and top-level objects don't mix,
  picking a hidden object shows it), selection.showAll (everything, children too) and
  selection.hideAll (top level).
- shape.lock cascades through groups; locked objects can be selected, formatted and typed
  in, but not moved, sized, rotated, flipped, reshaped or cropped (commands and canvas).
- PPTX: Lock reads and writes PowerPoint's full locking attribute set per element kind
  (observed by saving locked objects from PowerPoint); partial locks aren't Lock.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Front-most first with groups folding; drag a row to restack among its siblings (accent
insertion line); Bring Forward / Send Backward arrows; Show All / Hide All; per-row eye and
padlock; double-click or F2 renames in place; Ctrl+click toggles, Shift+click selects a run;
arrows, Home, End and Esc in the list; right-click menu. Lock/Unlock on the canvas menu,
greyed handles on locked objects. egui_kittest tests drive the pane.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-10-12 22:05:44 -04:00

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UI parity with PowerPoint

Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-12 · Change: minor (off-slide objects in Normal view, #270) · Target: Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 16.113 (Microsoft 365)

How DeckCraft looks and feels next to PowerPoint: the shell, the ribbon, menus, panes, dialogs, direct manipulation, keyboard and precision. Observations of PowerPoint are kept locally in plan/powerpoint/01-observed-ui.md and menu-tree.txt (gitignored, clean-room rules in AGENTS.md §2). Dimension score: ~60% ready (estimated), 30–50 h to parity.

Shell

Element	PowerPoint for Mac	DeckCraft	Gap
Title bar: AutoSave, Home, Save, Undo/Redo, document title, Share, search	yes	yes, no Share (cloud)	#71 macOS window controls misaligned
Native macOS menu bar (File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Arrange, Tools, Slide Show, Window, Help)	yes	no (`menus::menu_tree()` is defined but not installed)	3–5 h
Menu-bar items with a DeckCraft equivalent	217 app-specific items	128 matched by name (59%, heuristic lower bound)	See target-app-parity.md
Ribbon tabs: Home, Insert, Draw, Design, Transitions, Animations, Slide Show, Record, Review, View	10	10	Record tab is a placeholder
Contextual tabs: Shape Format, Picture Format, Table Design, Table Layout, Chart Design, Chart Format, Video/Audio Format and Playback	yes	most; checklist P0 row partial	Chart Format, media tabs thinner
Start screen: new, themes, templates, recent, open	yes	yes, thin (#17 broken layout, #76 missing overlay)	3–5 h
Status bar: slide counter, language, notes, comments, views, zoom slider	yes	yes
Command search (Tell Me)	yes	command palette	#79 default entry fails
Light / dark appearance	follows the system	light or dark; doesn't follow the system (#41)	1–2 h
One window per presentation, New Window, Arrange All	yes	tabs in one window; no New Window	3–5 h
Quick Access Toolbar customization	yes	no	P1 partial

Panes and dialogs

Pane / dialog	PowerPoint	DeckCraft
Format Shape / Picture / Text pane (Fill & Line, Effects, Size & Properties, Picture, Text Box)	full	partial: fill, gradient editor, line, some effects, size; no 3-D, thin picture/texture options
Format Background pane	yes	yes
Selection Pane	front-most first, groups fold, drag to restack, Bring Forward / Send Backward arrows, Show All / Hide All, eye, padlock (Lock), rename in place	same: drag restacks among siblings (a child stays in its group), Ctrl+click toggles, Shift+click selects a run, arrows / Home / End / F2 / Esc in the list, right-click menu
Animation Pane	list + advanced timeline	list, reorder, timing; no timeline
Comments pane (threads)	yes	yes
Design Ideas (Designer)	yes (cloud)	no
Dialogs	~60 (Font, Paragraph, Bullets and Numbering, Find, Replace, Replace Fonts, Hyperlink, Action Settings, Header and Footer, Slide Size, Set Up Show, Custom Shows, Print, Page Setup, Insert Object, Symbol, Equation, Chart data sheet, SmartArt chooser, Preferences…)	27 (`crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs`): Table, Slide Size, Header and Footer, Hyperlink, Set Up Show, Zoom, Comment, Alt Text, Outline, Rename (section, shape, layout), Paragraph, About, Preferences, Export, Symbol, Equation (placeholder), Spelling, Accessibility, Language, Custom Shows, Chart Data, Trim Media, SmartArt chooser, Quit, Notes Pages

Direct manipulation

Behaviour	PowerPoint	DeckCraft
Selection handles, rotation handle, yellow adjustment handles	yes	yes
Marquee, Shift/Cmd multi-select, Tab to cycle	yes	yes
Objects off the slide: drawn on the area around it in Normal view (full strength, master graphics too), selectable and movable there; clipped in the show, exports and thumbnails	yes	yes (#270)
Smart guides (edges, centres, equal spacing)	yes	yes
Snap to grid, grid options, drawing guides	yes	gridlines, guides and snap to grid (engine setting); no Grid Options dialog or menu toggle
Nudge (arrows), fine nudge (Option+arrows)	yes	yes
Shift-constrained move, Option-drag to duplicate	yes	yes
Connector glue and rerouting	yes	yes
Edit points on freeforms	yes	no
Crop handles, crop to shape, aspect ratio	yes	partial
Text caret, selection, double/triple click, drag-select	yes	yes; Tab in text boxes ends editing (#78)
Exact size/position, lock aspect	yes	yes
Rulers with indent markers and tab stops	yes	rulers yes; tab stops partial
Context menus on shapes, slides, text, thumbnails	yes	yes, shorter
Drag and drop of files and between thumbnails	yes	yes
Image paste from the clipboard	yes	macOS yes; Windows and Linux no (#53)
Font menu: every installed family with its faces	yes	families yes; only Regular/Bold/Italic faces (#69)

Keyboard shortcuts

Every common PowerPoint for Mac shortcut is bound (checklist row done): new slide, duplicate, group/ungroup, bold/italic/underline, alignment, font size, list levels, Format Painter, show from start/current, view switching. Not yet: Cmd+F Find opening a find bar on the slide, Option+drag precision without snapping, F6 pane cycling, ribbon KeyTips (Windows).

Visual fidelity

Colours, spacing, ribbon card and tab geometry follow the observations in plan/powerpoint/01-observed-ui.md; icons are original (~240, drawn in code or Lucide) and must not imitate Microsoft's. No pixel comparison against PowerPoint screenshots has been run since 2026-10-07. Cross-app icon consistency is open (#73, #56).

Estimates

Work	Hours
Native macOS menu bar from `menu_tree()`, filled out to PowerPoint's menu items	3–5
Format Shape pane depth	6–10
Missing dialogs (Font, Bullets and Numbering, Find/Replace, Replace Fonts, Action Settings, Print, Insert Object)	8–14
Start screen, window chrome, system appearance, palette fixes (#17, #41, #71, #76, #79)	4–7
Grid Options, edit points UI, crop depth	4–7
Multiple windows	3–5
A screenshot comparison pass on the most-used tabs	2–4
Total	~30–52

Revision history

Date	Change	Summary
2026-10-12	minor	Off-slide objects drawn and editable around the slide in Normal view (#270)

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