6.7 KiB
6.7 KiB
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) |