https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153673
Bug ID: 153673
Summary: "Chapter" label needs improvement in cross-references
dialog
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.2.7.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Ctrl-F2 (or Insert - Field - More Fields) - Cross-references tab
In "Refer using" window, note the option "Chapter.
1. "Chapter" is clearly a poor label because this option can be used with
numbered lists (which are not "chapters"), as well as numbered headings (which
are not always chapters).
2. Before proposing to find another label, let me ask if the "Chapter" option
is needed in this dialog.
Relevant background:
Bug 147774 comment 7 concludes that "Chapter" and "Number" are needed, but I
could not find any discussion of "Chapter" vs. "Number (no context)" (in bug
147774, or bug 121465 and bug 149653, where this dialog and these options are
discussed).
The current behavior (7.6.0.0) is that Chapter provides only the number of the
numbered item, while "Number (no context)" also includes the "Before" and
"After" separators.
Naively, I would think (from the label) that "Number (no context)" would not
include the separators.
I understand that there are concerns about these separators in other tickets
(e.g., bug 121465, bug 144563, bug 147774, bug 149653).
Maybe there is an idea/plan to make "Number (no context)" behave like "Chapter"
does at present. If that is the plan, then then I would propose to drop
"Chapter", and there is no need to find another label.
Alternatively the following renaming of the currently existing interface:
Chapter -> "Number (no context)"
"Number (no context)" -> "Number (with separators)"
would give the user a better indication of what actually happens with these
options, and would not require any changes in functionality.
Either change would satisfy the concern of the OP to remove "chapter" from this
dialog.
3. If there is a plan to keep "Chapter" functionality (as distinct from the
others), then I would propose finding another name, for the reasons listed in
the first point here. (should not be "heading" because can also be used list
paragraphs)
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