https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83071

--- Comment #14 from Albrecht Müller <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> thanks :)
> Pls note, in some situations you need different outline-styles (e.g. the
> default Tools > Outline numbering + one handled via the Outline tab of a
> paragraph style).
> Ergo: there is not just one outline style.

It is clear to me that there is more than one outline style. But there are two
different categories, and the proposed additional button in the "Styles and
Formatting" is intended to reflect this. My current understanding is:

a) The first category is the outline style you define by Tools -> Outline
Numbering. There is only one style in this category, and this is not a kind of
default style for category b). This is the only style that is bound to the
outline levels that are used to structure a document and which are the basis
for creating the table of contents. You can specify this level in the "Outline
& Numbering" tab of the "Paragraph Style" window, provided that you do not
include this paragraph style into outline numbering. In this case you cannot
use the "Styles and Formatting" mechanism as the necessary controls in the
"Outline & Numbering" tab are disabled. You can have no more than one paragraph
style per outline level. This mechanism serves to structure a document and
makes sure that the document uses a single common outline style, that headings
at the same outline level use the same paragraph style etc.

b) It is possible to define an arbitrary number of list styles. Every list
style is also an outline style. That is why I think the proposed common style
preview makes sense. List styles use an outline level that is independent of
the level you specify in the "Outline & Numbering" tab. In many cases only the
first level is used. Therefore the fact that the list style is actually an
outline style is not apparent. You change the relevant outline level using the
tab or shift tab keys when the cursor is at the start of the paragraph. This
kind of outline level is not relevant for the table of contents. It is used for
various structured and unstructured lists within a document, but not for
structuring the document itself.

Note: Every paragraph can have up to two independent outline levels, one for
each category.

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