https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75578
--- Comment #10 from Dave Barton <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #9) Hi Foss, This issue, now becoming more of debate, is about the naming and possibly the reordering of the Hyperlink dialog buttons, not the function of the dialog itself. The point you are raising here has already been resolved in bug 63271. However, I will enter into the discussion one last time. > Well there's a reason why MS Word only offers Ok and Cancel. You want to add > a hyperlink? Select what you want to add it to, cmd+k (osx) to add > hyperlink. Enter URL and enter for Ok to have hyperlink added and dialog > closed. Imo the workflow which covers most use cases in least possible steps. Yes, what MS does is fine in "most" cases, where there is only the occasional need to insert a trivial number of links or edits. For years the OOo/LO Hyperlink dialog has had functionality that the MS equivalent lacked. Why would we only want to cover "most" use cases, when we already had the facility to cover "more" use cases? > Dave: what's the use-case for "a) Those who want to apply changes and have > the dialog remain open = "Apply"."? I do not understand what the situation > looks like this is needed. To remind yourself, please go back and reread bug 63271 and my "emotional" :) comments in the discussion we had there. OK, this is not a "most" use case, but it is a feature that helped me promote LO to at least 2 corporate clients who had a definite use for it. One "Real" Use Case: 1. Think of a Calc spreadsheet where there are numerous links to be added/edited. 2. We have a modeless dialog (ie. one that remains open and visible when it does not have the input focus), which allows the user to continue working on the underlying spreadsheet. 3. The user clicks on a cell containing a hyperlink and that hyperlink is automatically shown in the open Hyperlink dialog. 4. The user moves to the dialog, edits the link and clicks "Apply". 5. The dialog remains open and the user clicks on the next link to be edited. 6. Go to step 3 and repeat as often as required. 7. The user now wants to add new links. 8. The user highlights new or existing data in a cell and that data is automatically shown in the dialog. 9. The user moves to the dialog, enters the link and clicks "Apply". 10. The dialog remains open and the user highlights the next item to be linked. 11. Go to step 9 and repeat as often as required. 12. When hyper link edits/additions are complete the user clicks the "Close" button. This is how this dialog has worked in OOo/LO for years and the way it still works in AOO 4.1 nightly builds today. > Should we decide to keep the Apple button, I'd vote to have Ok preselected > so the dialog can be easily applied and closed by just hitting enter after > having entered an URL. Agreed! This covers the "most" use cases and was something I meant to include in my previous comment. I just got so "excited" :( about repeatedly going over this same ground again, that I overlooked it. Regards Dave -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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