https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148597
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The difficulty comes from the way data needed for the Table of Figures is
collected.
The caption is captured as a whole, i.e. no distinction is made between
generated contents ("Text", "Figure", …, number range inserted with a field and
the final separator) and user provided text (the "caption" itself). The whole
caption ends up in a E descriptor.
In the case of a TOC, chapter numbering is captured separately from the
heading. These bits of information end up in E# and E descriptors which can be
arranged separately.
There are two Type's to generate a table of figures from the TOC dialog: Table
of Figures and Index of Tables.
BTW, why are there two items in the menu as they are strictly equivalent?
Legacy of history?
The kind of table is selected by the Category menu which designates the number
range.
>From my naive point of view, we already have all elements to be able to
discriminate components of the caption, all the more since Display menu offers
to get rid of number or text if so desired.
User would gain more versatility if both data were made available in E# and E
descriptors instead of the present composite E.
Or course, this has a huge compatibility impact on existing documents.
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bug 94661: I think it is a separate issue. See my comment there.
bug 32360: a "comfort" request? it can be done manually by manipulating the
Structure line in the Entry tab. The only common factor is the mention of tab
stops.
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The question of tab handling in TOC/Tables of … is a fundamental one. The
Structure line introduces a bias but I can't tell if it is a simplification or
additional difficult compared to paragraph style usage.
A paragraph style (PS) can define tab stops with various attributes (alignment,
leading, …). The Structure line in TOC overrides the PS tab stops without the
possibility of variants. The only user-friendly addition is the Align right
check box for a quick reference to the right margin or indent (I remember
however some "distortions" with non-zero indents and, most annoying,
multi-column pages or sections).
Could it be possible to remove tab definition from the Entries tab to rely
exclusively on PS tabs? I know this could upset many users as the full TOC
configuration would require to look at two dialogs: TOC and PS and this would
be a complication for most users who don't practice styling with ease.
I don't think it would be too difficult to implement. The generated entry
contents (a paragraph) is passed to the formatting routine which then applies
standard processing.
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