https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69551

Jorendc <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
           Severity|normal                      |enhancement
                 CC|                            |[email protected]
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #2 from Jorendc <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> There are too many styles to choose from, which discourages a person from
> using styles.

Agreed to that point of view.

> I'd suggest presenting styles based on context.
> 
> In the case of headings, only Heading 1 should be shown by default. When the
> user uses Heading 1, Heading 2 should appear in the selection. When they use
> Heading 2, Heading 3 should appear, and so on and so forth.

Makes sense in most cases I think. Might be a problem where you are using
'Master documents' (see LibreOffice writer guide Chapter 13
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Writer_Guide).
In that case you can split 1 big document up into multiple smaller documents.
It might happen you have to start with 'Heading 3', without using Header 1 or
2.

> In the case of other styles, they should appear as needed. Header should
> appear only when there's a header in the document. Header Left ande Header
> Right should appear when alternating page styles are used. List and
> Numbering styles should appear only when there are lists in the document.
> Caption should appear only when there's an image with a caption.
> The other styles should be treated similarly.

Makes sense too :). But what about templates where you can pre-format styles
that aren't used in the document now, but will be in the feature (and might be
the same for all depending documents).

A solution might be to have a kind of 'expert style modus/tab/...' where you
can have access to all styles :). Templates and Master Documents are mostly
used by people who aren't new to an office suit and knows about styles etc.

Kind regards,
Joren

PS: marking as NEW because it looks like a valid report. I think marking as
'enhancement' is more correct :). Please correct me if I'm wrong

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