https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126546

--- Comment #36 from Adalbert Hanßen <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to ajlittoz from comment #34)
> ...
> 
> Also, when I split a paragraph, I expect *all* layers to keep their present
> settings. 

I agree *if there are characters right to the split point*. When sketching some
document, I start with headings only. In order to add on, I enter a space
before the paragraph mark and split before that space, then a headline of the
same level is created (otherwise it would continue with TextBody, the default
after any heading in my default stylesheet). I remove the space immediately
when actually writing the next heading. If I wnat to change levels, I look up
at the display of the headline-level and press <Ctl-number> as needed.

The general rule seems to be: Continue formatting in the same way as *to the
left of the insertion point*. This rule is broken by <Return>.

normal*bold*   in a line, adding xyz after normal continue normal. It yields
normalxyz*bold*


However: pressing <Return> and continue writing xyz yields

normal
*xyzbold*

Try it!

> 
> ... A paragraph can be associated with a list style. There are two 
> schools for this: the style one where the list style is declared in 
> the PS, making the PS dedicated to list item, and the DF one where 
> a toolbar button is pressed to turn the paragraph into a list item. 
> When Enter is pressed, most users expect the "list attribute" to
> remain active so that the next item is entered without any other manual
> operation. 

agreed for the next line becoming a list item. You can easily terminate the
list property by pressing <Enter> twice. You can easily prevent a number or
bullet by pressing <Backspace> after <Enter>. Getting rid of formatting can be
more difficult since it can stem from DF or CS.

>...
> PS: (see end of comment 33) the present formatting state is reflected in the
> toolbar buttons. Of course, this doesn't tell which layer activated it (PS,
> CS, DF). But colouring the button might be impossible because of the
> "themes". Status colouring would override theme colouring (or conflict with
> it)

agreed: Then we need other means to see it a glance. Two years ago, Heiko
Tietze made a nice proposal:
https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2019/11/05/proposal-to-conveniently-highlight-and-inspect-styles-in-libreoffice-writer/

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