You are not alone. But the idea was rejected in the past. Disable autocompletion/autocorrect by default https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59754
AutoCorrect need alternative for handling use of keyboard input of apostrophe as apostrophe (rather than single quote) https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127883 (and other) On 02.05.20 03:56, Marc Paré wrote: > Someone on a list other than LibreOffice pointed out that the initial > settings in AutoCorrect are set with the following formatting > feature-default of, when you type: > _CausesTextToBeUnderlined_ /CausesTextToBeItalicized/ > *CausesTextToBeBold -CausesTextToBeStruckThrough- > > As I would see this more of a formatting "feature" and not of a > formatting "correction", I wonder if the initial user-default with these > switched ON makes sense. To me, such a "feature" would be best > rationalized as a feature one would offer to a user wishing to use > keyboard alternatives to the conventional Ctrl-B, Ctrl-U etc switches. > > I wonder if, from a regular user point of view, it would make better > sense to have the initial settings in "Tools-->AutoCorrect-->AutoCorrect > Options-->Options" set with these switches OFF (default). This would > then mean that, should a user start typing a URL such as /home/test, > that user would not continually have to battle to rid him/herself of the > "home" being formatted into an italics "home" and not being allowed to > complete the URL without being formatting before typing the complete > line as is. I would argue, that, setting the switches to the OFF > position as the LibreOffice default, would return a format that one > would expect when typing any stings such as /home/test etc. > > Having these switches turned ON as the LibreOffice default, from the > point of view of a regular-user wishing to adopt the LibreOffice suite, > returns a behaviour that is NOT expected, and, raises the level of > frustration a little more as to deciding whether to adopt the suite or > expecting to trouble-shoot an issue where the result goes contrary to > what one would expect. > > I wonder if we could re-consider the ON-default and leave these switches > to the OFF position? > > This would then give a better result of, where more-advanced-users, > wishing to adopt the LibreOffice suite, and, wanting to expand > formatting switches, being pleasantly surprised that these switches > exist (a positive reaction), rather than what we presently have, where, > a regular-user wishing to adopt the LibreOffice suite, experiencing the > unpleasant auto-correction switches formatting text in a way that is not > expected (a negative reaction) and making that user doubt his/her choice > of LIbreOffice adoption. > > Leaving new-LibreOffice adopters with a good impression, with very few, > if any, complaints would seem to be a good goal; making the initial > default to the OFF position, in my opinion, a good change. > > Marc > -- Dr. Heiko Tietze, UX-Designer and UX-Mentor Tel: +49 30 5557992-63 | Mail: heiko.tie...@documentfoundation.org The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
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