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CC|'andreschnabel' |'andreschnabel,fl,mru,mt'
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Thanks to MT to bring my attention on this issue.
The problem described in this issue is caused by a certain user interface
behavior and by an inappropriate usability feedback to the user.
First, using the toolbar button "Numbering On/Off" and "Bullet On/Off" in
general starts a _new_ list. E.g. in OOo 3.0 Beta:
- create new text document.
- insert two paragraphs "A" and "B"
- place cursor in paragraph "A" and hit "Numbering On/Off"
--> new list "List One" containing paragraph "A" as its only list item on list
level 1
--> resulting ODF XML snippet:
<text:list text:list-style-name="L1">
<text:list-item>
<text:p>A</text:p>
</text:list-item>
</text:list>
- place cursor in paragraph "B" and hit "Bullet On/Off"
--> new list "List Two" containing paragraph "B" as its only list item on list
level 1
--> resulting ODF XML snippet:
<text:list text:list-style-name="L2">
<text:list-item>
<text:p>B</text:p>
</text:list-item>
</text:list>
- place cursor in paragraph "B" and move it to list level 2 using "Demote One
Level" from "Bullets & Numbering" toolbar.
--> list "List Two" still contains paragraph "B" as its only list item, but now
on list level 2
--> resulting ODF XML snippet:
<text:list text:list-style-name="L2">
<text:list-item>
<text:list>
<text:list-item>
<text:p>B</text:p>
</text:list-item>
</text:list>
</text:list-item>
</text:list>
--> There still two lists in your document. The last user action does not join
the separately created two lists.
I stated that _in general_ "Numbering On/Off" resp. "Bullet On/Off" starts a new
list. The exception is:
- On hitting "Numbering On/Off"/"Bullet On/Off" the previous paragraph of the
first paragraph of the new list is investigated (empty paragraphs are skipped).
Is it numbered and "Numbering On/Off" is hit the new list is joined into the
list of this previous paragraph. Is the previous paragraph bulleted and "Bullet
On/Off" is hit the new list is joined into the list of this previous paragraph.
Thus, "Numbering On/Off" and "Bullet On/Off" can not be used to created _one_
list whose items are numbered and bulleted. Inappropriate in its use is that the
user does not get feedback about the fact, that a new list is created or a
previous one is continued.
Also improvable in the user interface is to retrieve information about which
paragraphs belong to a certain list.
To create _one_ list of the following shape:
1. A - numbered on list level 1
2. B - numbered on list level 1
* C - bulleted on list level 2
* D - bulleted on list level 2
3. E - numbered on list level 1
the following steps can be used:
- Create new text document
- Type "A"
- Hit "Numbering On/Off"
- Hit ENTER and type "B"
- Hit ENTER and hit TAB
- Type "C"
- Open dialog "Bullets & Numbering", pane "Options" via Menu Format - Bullets &
Numbering
- Change "Numbering" of list level 2 to Bullet and choose appropriate bullet
character
- Confirm the dialog
- Hit ENTER and type "D"
- Hit ENTER and hit SHIFT-TAB
- Type E
Thus from my point of view, no core changes are needed to the Writer to create
proper nested lists, whose list items are numbered and bulleted.
What is needed is to aware the user about the behavior of "Numbering On/Off" and
"Bullet On/Off", and probably certain to be defined improvements to the user
interface provided better feedback about which paragraphs belong to a certain
list.
In my opinion this issue can be closed, but certain follow-up issue should be
submitted to improve the user interface and its feedback to the user.
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