https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38093

--- Comment #6 from [email protected] 2012-01-28 11:12:45 PST ---
I've attached the desired screenshots. About the request for functionality:
there's a good introduction to the features of typical outliners on this web
page: http://www.atpm.com/9.10/atpo.shtml

The vital features (listed on that page) are:

1. Nesting. Any item in the outline can have sub-items, which can themselves
have sub-items. (The Outline View in Impress can show only one level of
sub-items, but multiple levels are really needed if it is to be used as an
outlining tool. Outlines in Writer are already fine in this respect).

2. Promoting/Demoting. This is the vital missing part. Each item should have an
associated icon that allows it to be grabbed and moved either up and down to
change the order of items in the outline hierarchy or left or right, to change
its level in the hierarchy. Sub-items are automatically shifted along with
their head item.(Whether the Outline view in Impress or the outline function in
Writer is taken as the basis for developing the LibreOffice outliner, then this
functionality is entirely missing). The icon is generally a triangle. The
triangle points at the associated item if sub-items are hidden ("collapsed") or
down, if they are not. A click on the icon changes the direction in which it
points and whether the sub-items are visible.

3. Each item should be able to hold one or more paragraphs of text, so the
outliner could be used to write long, well-structured documents.

4. Where paragraphs are used, they should be able to be "folded," so only the
first line is visible. This helps to concentrate on the structure, rather than
the content of the document. Unfolding allows the content to be worked on.

5. Styles. Each level in the outline hierarchy should have an associated style.

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