https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170896
Bug ID: 170896
Summary: (FEATURE REQUEST) - Prevent user from assigning
duplicate Autotext shortcuts.
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
LibreOffice Writer currently has no mechanism preventing or atleast warning
users when making an AutoText with a duplicate shortcut.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create some AutoText.
2. Give it a shortcut that is already being used elsewhere (e.g. DT).
3. Enjoy weird behaviour when trying to insert your custom AutoText.
Actual Results:
LibreOffice Writer simply allows me to assign a shortcut being used by other
AutoTexts to AutoTexts I create. Doing so yields some weird but consistent
behavior from LibreOffice Writer; using the shortcut inserts the AutoText that
came with the application when I try to use the shortcut in a new document, but
once the AutoText menu has been opened and closed, Writer inserts my custom
AutoText with that shortcut instead.
Expected Results:
Warn the user that the shortcut is already in use and override the built-in
AutoTexts in favour of the user's custom one if they choose to ignore the
warning.
OR
Simply prevent the user from creating AutoTexts with in-use shortcuts.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Such a feature could prevent questions like
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/date-time-autotext-insertion-shortcut-issue/132236
from popping up.
There are also issues regarding using special characters in AutoText shortcuts
apparently; although I haven't tested that.
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