When a chart with some lines is created (line diagram) and you want to make the lines less fat (copetitive producst have lines that are clearly thinner) it is complicated to set the line width. Have to do that for all lines too. One option to set the width for all lines in the diagram, or maybe even a choice for different default would be great :-)
Yes, that would really be nice to have. Of course in a first step (what always will be needed also for more powerful enhancements) it might be enough to allow to select multiple lines in the legend or so. But I believe a really satisfying solution only will be possible by applying the styles concept to Chart. Although I feel most pain modifying data lines in lie charts, the problem also affects other chart types.
@Rainer, (In reply to comment #1) > But I believe a really satisfying solution only will be possible by applying > the styles concept to Chart. How much I believe and use the power of styles, with your enhanced version of thes request for enhancement, the better can be the ennemy of the good :-) In Tools > Options > Charts we already have a page Colors. Adding some general / settings with just default line width, would be easier then implementing styles, I guess ...
This would be a great addition to the chart feature. It is still a problem in LO 4.1.2.3 I often create XY charts with dozens of data series, and I always find that the thickness of the lines make the chart not readable. I nearly always want to change the line styles, remove the icons and create colour categories as well, which takes a ridiculous amount of time when each line has to be modified separately. As Cor said, a first step (probably simpler to implement) would be to be able to go to "Tools > Options > Charts" and choose not only the default colours, but all the parameters available in "Format > Data series > Line tab" (line style, width, transparency, icon...). Another thing that needs to be implemented, which could come next or at the same time, would be to be able to select several data series (with ctrl + click) in order to give them the same format (and the values of parameters that differ from one data series to another can be greyed out until modified, like we can see consistently in other formatting menus). Finally, the most comprehensive (but still complimentary) solution would be to implement chart styles so users can create and save their favourite styles, and so a modification of one style impacts on all the charts that follow it, in case auto-update is chosen. This would be very useful in large data files that contain several charts that need to look as consistent as possible.
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