https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146245
Bug ID: 146245
Summary: LO Writer: list of fields in the Navigator
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.2.4.1 release
Hardware: All
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Unfolding the list of fields paralyzes the editor.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Display a document containing references.
2. Select a reference in the text.
Actual Results:
LO unfolds the list of references in the Navigator (in the category "fields").
While this is executed, the editor is paralyzed.
Expected Results:
The list of fields should remain closed.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
According to Release notes 7.2, "Fields are now listed in the the Navigator
sidebar".
If a reference is selected or clicked, Writer now busies itself with
enumerating the reference fields in the Navigator. There are 7892 of them in
the 1.7 MB document which I have already uploaded twice for testing. While LO
is busy with this, the user simply has to wait (since LO developers do not use
threads). However, what the user wanted was just to copy, or to leap to, the
reference target. This does not entail that he wants to see the list of Fields,
let alone navigate by them.
Consider that field names are normally given automatically by LO and therefore
not user-friendly. Consequently, there is no situation where the user might
want to navigate by them.
While this is especially clear for fields, it also tends to be true for tables.
Again, if the cursor is in a table, the entire list of tables is unfolded in
the Navigator. However, if the user is editing a certain table, this does not
entail that he wants to navigate by tables (again, a relatively rare endeavor).
Folding up the entire list of items of the category that the user clicked slows
down productivity. The user can always display the entire list by clicking the
rightward arrow beside the category in question; this is fully sufficient.
It is clear that this behavior can be avoided by using the Content Navigation
View. However, this requires the user to always limit himself to one of the
navigable categories.
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