https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173415
--- Comment #11 from Ismail <[email protected]> --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #10) > (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #9) > > So let's do it. Guess this is easy hackable via sysui/desktop/menus/*. > > Hossein, please verify. > > > Should note that the UNO already exists, '.uno:OpenTemplate', along with the > '.uno:SaveAsTemplate' controls, and either can be added to LibreOffice > context menus, menus, toolbars, or keyboard shortcuts. > > A request to integrate with os/DE file managers (and how?), is going to be > more of an effort but maybe the UNO offer a starting point. > > Does it belong on the os/DE provided Open/Save dialogs in addition to the > system file manager context menus? Thank you all for the constructive discussion! I would like to share two points regarding user intent and expectations: Context Menu Behavior (Comparison with MS Word): In MS Word (with .dotx files), double-clicking creates a new document based on the template, whereas right-clicking and choosing Open (or opening via Word) opens the actual template file for editing. Adding an "Edit" / "Edit Template" entry to the Windows Explorer context menu for template files (.ott, .ots, .otp) would align perfectly with this familiar behavior. or at least configuring the existing "Open with LibreOffice" context menu action to open the original template file itself—would align perfectly with this familiar behavior. Behavior of File -> Open inside LibreOffice: When users want to create a new document from a template, they naturally take the most accessible path: double-clicking the file in File Explorer Conversely, if a user manually goes to File -> Open inside LibreOffice, browses to a .ott file, and clicks Open, their actual intent is almost certainly to edit the template itself, not to spawn another untitled document. Therefore, selecting a template file via File -> Open should open the original template file for editing. To prevent accidental edits, LibreOffice could optionally display an InfoBar or a simple warning prompt (e.g., "You are editing a template file"). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
