https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145114
Dieter <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|If the template has been |TEMPLATES: Improve |detached, it is still |confirmation dialog "Update |specified in "File > |styles / Keep Old Styles" |Properties > General" + |dialog + If the template |Provide an option to avoid |has been detached, it is |"Update styles" dialog |still specified in "File > |window |Properties > General" Blocks| |103314, 108747 Whiteboard| QA:needsComment | Ever confirmed|0 |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Keywords| |needsUXEval CC| |[email protected], | |libreoffice-ux-advise@lists | |.freedesktop.org --- Comment #1 from Dieter <[email protected]> --- (In reply to larson from comment #0) > 1. The first problem is that if you select "Keep Old Styles", this will in > fact detach the template from the document, so that you won't receive the > same message "The template 'Foo' on which this document is based, has been > modified..." so you never again see such a message for this document, even > if you change the template again. I confirm the problem and I wasn't aware, that LO behaves like this. > > Possible solutions: > > * To rename the "Keep Old Styles" button to something that sounds more scary. > * To add an option under "Tools > Options" to never show this dialog window > and instead apply "Update Styles" choice silently. > * To provide an option to reattach a detached template. I would at least expect tooltips in the dialog and a help button (but I think also help page is missing > > 2. The second problem that if you select "Keep Old Styles" and then open > "File > Properties > General", the field "Template" still have "Foo" as its > value ("Foo" is the name of your template). I think this is simply not true, > since the template has been detached. And of course this is confusing. I confirm this problem, too. Possible solution: "Foo (not actualized)" (or something similar) cc: Desing-Team for further input and decision. It might be useful to split nto two reports, but let's wait until desgn-team says, both are valid issues. Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103314 [Bug 103314] [META] Templates bugs and enhancements https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108747 [Bug 108747] [META] File properties/settings (meta data) bugs and enhancements -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
