https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155110
Bug ID: 155110
Summary: In Writer, version 7.2.5.2 can jump from a point in
the text to the content's lowest outline entry in
Navigator, using a single-click. In later versions, it
jumps to a numeric "__Ddelink_[99999]" entry in the
Bookmarks List, which is meaningless.
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.4.6.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
I use customized styles.
I assign outline levels to the styles in the Style Organizer.
The Navigator structures the outline of the document by the cursor's position
in the document and outline level.
This allows an author to use the Navigator to jump
a) from the Outline to the top of the relevant of content in the document
(using a single-click)
b) from the content to the lowest-level Outline entry in the Navigator
corresponding to the relevant content's start of that section of the style.
Bug: This works in version 7.2.5.2 (x64). But in later versions I've tried out,
including the 7.4 and 7.5 versions, attempting to use feature (b) above results
in the Navigator's jumping not to the content's Outline entry, but to an
obscurely-labeled entry in the Bookmarks list that begins with "__Ddelink__"
followed by a numeric string.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. In version 7.2.5.2, create a document with custom styles. Use a mix of
headings, bullet lists and paragraph styles to isolate how the problem occurs.
2. Assign various outline levels to the styles in the Organizer.
3. Enter a set of segments of text paragraphs, and assign styles to them. To
demonstrate the bug, coherence of the styles and their use in the content
shouldn't matter.
4. Save the document as the Master Test Document. Back it up to a different
filename suffix, to distinguish from the Master.
5. Verify that with the appropriate options selected, the Navigator can be used
to jump from an outline entry to a section of text, and the reverse.
6. Exit versions 7.2.5.2, and start 7.4.6.2 (or a later) version.
7. Open the Master Text Document, and without making any edits, jump from a
section of the Navigator to the associated section of the document content.
8. Place the cursor in a different page of the MTD, and observe the behavior in
the Navigator pane. If you are reproducing the bug, it jumps to the Bookmarks
list with a user-meaningless label, instead of the actual Outline entry for the
content location that you originated from.
Actual Results:
Navigator jumps to the Bookmarks section, and specifically to an entry in a
list of (apparently) randomly-numbered DDE link entries. It offers no
indication of the actual Outline entry to which the cursor's content position
corresponds.
Expected Results:
Clicking on any part of the content causes the Navigator to jump to the lowest
Outline entry corresponding to that position of the content.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
I have been using version 7.2.5.2 successfully for a couple of years.
I accidentally triggered an upgrade to 7.5.2 while trying to download a
helpfile.
(I'm not saying more about that here.)
After I discovered the Navigator bug in version 7.5.2, I rolled backwards to
version 7.4.6.2., and found it occurring there, too. (Rollback = Uninstall,
Install)
After 7.4.6.2. proved to have the same defect, I rolled back to 7.2.5.2.
That version's Navigator pane performed correctly once again, so the problem
can be isolated to the upgraded software versions, and not a change in any
User-related information.
Note: When I reinstalled 7.2.5.2., I did not (re)apply any customizations of
features or options. So the restoration of functionality in an earlier version
also points to the upgraded software as the locus of the defect's causative
factor(s), rather than the user, unless, after performing an uninstall, any
customized parameter settings are still preserved by specific version number,
and they are restored with the reinstall of an older version.
Frankly, that seems far-fetched, but it remains a possibility.
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