https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162209
Bug ID: 162209
Summary: STYLES pane -- duplicate style (an additional option
beside the existing new style from selection)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
hi,
PRE:
this has been brought up some time ago, once by me, too, see:
Bug 152189 - styles list "new", plus "DUPLICATE"
wontfix (the enhancement suggestion)
Still, I'll give it ago...
Why? Because the reasons given by two developers were based on a "false fact"
(They assumed that changing the "Inherit from" reference won't change the
styles attributes accordingly, which is not how it works in reality -- the
attributes will change according to the new "Inherit from" reference)
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So, you are in the styles pane...
you have "my_paragraph" in the list.. (underscores are not necessary, I know)
This style has several attributes, including some affecting: alignment,
textflow, font and font-effects and border... for example.
These are "the usual suspects" when you need to check whether 2 styles are next
to identical....
Imagine that you want to have a variant of this style...
a variant that's only different in one attribute... say, border color
In this case I'd go: "duplicate this style"...
which would make my list look like this:
Body Text
|
|
my_paragraph
my_paragraph(copy)
Then I could rename them to fit the style concept of the document,
like:
Body Text
|
|
my_paragraph orange border
my_paragraph azure border
:: BUT THIS ↑↑ IS NOT POSSIBLE YET
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What you can do:
create a new style based on my paragraph...
the result will be like this:
Body Text
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|
my_paragraph
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my_paragraph_B
The problem will be that you have two variants but one is one level UP...
ALSO...
being "one level up" has a meaning, too...
If you change anthing in "my_paragraph", "my_pragraph_B" will be changed too...
THIS IS not how variants are supposed to work :)
THis is how derivatives work. Two toally different things.
But back to our case:
Wouldn't it look better like this?
Body Text
|
|
my_paragraph
my_paragraph_B
And we could change either without getting the other modified too.
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NOTE:
the point wuld be to work with your styles in a smooth, intuitive way,
if you want a variant, just create one, "copy & paste" (duplicate)...
PS:
We should bear in mind that changing the "inherit from" reference will change
the style.
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