https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141747
--- Comment #6 from Christian Lehmann <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Christian Lehmann from comment #5) > (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4) > > Coming back to this, sorry for the delay. My test scenario is a references > > to a figure showing the page number. Now I cut the figure and paste it > > somewhere else. The reference's link remains intact but the page number is > > not shown anymore. > > > > But besides of this bug, how would you know whether the target is to be > > pasted or deleted? I mean the suggested warning would show up anyway. > > > > The actual problem of saving/printing a document with lost references is > > clear to me. And if dealing with cut/delete while editing is not possible we > > could show the infobar on opening. > > Heiko, I am not sure that the distinction between cut out and delete is > actually a problem. I have a test file with a numbered object and a > reference to it. If I cut out the numbered object, the reference is changed > to 'Error: Reference source not found'. As soon as I paste the object > somewhere, the reference is updated. > > There are two points at which the software could note the difference: > a) Cutting out is a different operation from deletion. Put out a warning > only if a numbered object to which there are references is deleted. > b) If the user launches a Save operation, check if there are instances of > 'Error: Reference source not found', and if so, warn the user and offer > 'Cancel' (of the Save operation). However, both of these warnings make sense only if the user can do a Find on instances of 'Error: Reference source not found', which is a pending desideratum, anyway. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
