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Typing in the ribbon's or the mini toolbar's font box now lists the
installed families that match, under the field: exact name first, then
names starting with the text, then names containing it, ignoring case
("roman" finds Times New Roman). Up/Down move the highlight, Enter or a
click applies it ("arial" applies Arial), Escape restores the current
font. Text that matches no family is still applied as typed, as Word
allows fonts that aren't installed.
The search is opt-in (widgets::font_combo); the font size box keeps
literal entry. Matches are computed only when the text changes and the
list stays virtualised (#121).
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
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UI parity with Microsoft Word
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-10 · Change: major (first version; ribbon, dialogs, shortcuts and on-canvas interaction measured from
crates/ui-eguiand the command registry) · Target: Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
How WordCraft looks and feels next to Word: ribbon, dialogs, panes, keyboard, mouse and touch.
Typing behaviour has its own checklist (typing-parity.md). All assets are our
own (AGENTS.md: no Microsoft iconography, ever).
Dimension: ~65% (estimated), 65–100 h to full (the sum of the rows below; dialog depth is counted here, not under features).
| Area | WordCraft | Word | Parity | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribbon tabs and groups | All Word tabs including contextual Table Design/Layout, Picture Format, Shape Format, Header & Footer, Equation; ribbon overflow (#43, #129). Draw tab: Select, Eraser, Pen, Pencil, Highlighter with colour and thickness (#307); missing: Lasso, Add Pen, Ink to Shape/Math, Ink Replay | Same plus Draw | 85% | (Draw in features) |
| Keytips (Alt / ⌃⌥ letters) | ✅ (#43) | ✅ | 85% | 1–2 |
| Mini-toolbar on selection | ✅ (#43) | ✅ | 80% | 1–2 |
| Quick Access Toolbar | Undo, Redo, Repeat, AutoSave | customizable | 50% | 2–3 |
| Customize Ribbon / Customize Keyboard | ❌ | ✅ | 0% | 6–10 |
| Keyboard shortcuts | 101 bound in CommandSpec::key (measured) |
~250 default shortcuts | ~60% | 4–6 |
| Modal dialogs | 22 (Dialog enum: Font, Paragraph, Tabs, Borders and Shading, Find, Go To, Insert Table, Table Properties, Page Setup, Link, Bookmark, Word Count, Zoom, Watermark, New/Modify Style, Commands, About, Save Changes; Columns, Symbol with Special Characters, Field (#321)) plus panes and menus for the rest |
~100 (Caption, Index, TOC options, Citation, Define Multilevel List, Track Changes Options, Compare, Protect, Language, Hyphenation, Line Numbers, Envelopes, Labels, Mail Merge, AutoCorrect, Options panes…) | ~40% | 20–30 |
| Modal dialogs | 20 (Dialog enum: Font, Paragraph, Find, Go To, Insert Table, Table Properties, Page Setup, Link, Bookmark, Word Count, Zoom, Watermark, New/Modify Style, Commands, About, Save Changes; Columns, Symbol with Special Characters, Field (#321)) plus panes and menus for the rest |
~100 (Tabs, Borders and Shading, Caption, Index, TOC options, Citation, Define Multilevel List, Track Changes Options, Compare, Protect, Language, Hyphenation, Line Numbers, Envelopes, Labels, Mail Merge, AutoCorrect, Options panes…) | ~40% | 20–30 |
| Modal dialogs | 19 (Dialog enum: Font, Paragraph, Find, Go To, Insert Table, Table Properties, Page Setup, Link, Bookmark, Word Count, Zoom, Watermark, New/Modify Style, Commands, About, Save Changes, Define New Multilevel List, Track Changes Options) plus panes and menus for the rest |
~100 (Tabs, Borders and Shading, Columns, Symbol, Field, Caption, Index, TOC options, Citation, Compare, Protect, Language, Hyphenation, Line Numbers, Envelopes, Labels, Mail Merge, AutoCorrect, Options panes…) | ~40% | 20–30 |
| Task panes (Navigation, Styles, Comments, Reviewing, Format Picture/Shape, Thesaurus, Accessibility, Clipboard, Selection) | Navigation, Styles, Comments, Thesaurus, Accessibility, Read Aloud, Zotero; Style Inspector (#236); Clipboard pane (#264) open | all | 70% | 4–6 |
| Context menus (right-click) | text, spelling suggestions; objects and tables partial | rich per context | 55% | 3–5 |
| Backstage (Home, New, Open, Info, Save As, Print, Share, Export, Options) | Home and New separate (#254), Info properties kept (#268) | 68% | 4–6 | |
| Rulers: indents, tabs, margins, table columns | indents draggable (one undo, #62); tabs; table column drag pending (#49) | ✅ | 70% | 2–3 |
| On-canvas objects: select, drag, resize handles, nudge | ✅ tested (#228) | ✅ | 75% | — |
| Rotation handle, crop handles on canvas, alignment guides, smart guides | rotation handle (Shift: 15° steps), turned frames resize along their axes (#332); crop handles and guides missing | ✅ | 25% | 3–5 |
| Selection: word/sentence/paragraph clicks, Shift extend, F8 extend mode, column (Alt+drag, #237) | ✅ | ✅ | 85% | 1 |
| Zoom: Ctrl+scroll, pinch (#179), zoom buttons (#232), pages side by side when zoomed out (#251) | ✅ | ✅ | 85% | — |
| Touchpad smooth/inertial scroll | ✅ (#252) | ✅ | 90% | — |
| Status bar (page x of y, words, language, view buttons, zoom slider) | ✅ | ✅ | 80% | — |
| Interface themes (light, dark, system #249, follows OS changes live #311), dark page separate from the interface theme (#194, #312) | ✅ | ✅ | 90% | — |
| Platform conventions (macOS menus/traffic lights #255, Windows title bar, Linux CSD on Wayland #78) | partial | native | 70% | 3–5 |
| Screen readers (VoiceOver, Narrator, Orca) | AccessKit on, document canvas exposure untested | full | 25% | 10–15 |
| Right-to-left (mirrored) interface | ❌ | ✅ (Arabic, Hebrew Word) | 0% | in localization |
Revision history
| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | trivial | Font box (ribbon and mini toolbar): typing lists the matching fonts (prefix first, then any part of the name); Up/Down, Enter or a click picks one, Escape cancels (#359) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Tabs dialog (Paragraph › Tabs…, double-click a ruler tab) and Borders and Shading with Borders, Page Border and Shading tabs (#320) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Columns (presets, unequal widths, line between, apply to), Symbol (font coverage grid by Unicode subset, recently used, character code, Special Characters) and Field (categories, options, field codes) dialogs (#321) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Define New Multilevel List (all nine levels, live preview, list.define) and Track Changes Options (show, balloons, insertion/deletion marks and colours, changed-line bars; review.trackingOptions, saved per user) (#328) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Rotation handle on pictures, shapes and text boxes; Rotate menu (90° and flips) and a Rotation box in Picture/Shape Format › Size (#332) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | System interface theme keeps following OS appearance changes (no longer pins the macOS window); Dark page no longer darkens the interface (#311, #312) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | AutoSave switch greyed out with a tooltip saying why where AutoSave can't save; Save As from it (#196, #176) |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Table Properties dialog and Table Layout Height/Width boxes (#44) |
| 2026-10-10 | minor | Merged main: Style Inspector, Column Selection, zoom buttons, inertial scrolling, File Info landed |
| 2026-10-10 | major | First version: ribbon, dialog, shortcut and interaction inventory |
| 2026-10-10 | trivial | Draw tab tools and Review › Hide Ink (#307) |