https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105610
Bug ID: 105610
Summary: Feature Request: Display found word/phrase in a
constant position on the screen and change highlight
colour
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Mac OS X (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: francis.bin...@specialeffect.org.uk
Description:
I had posted the problem on Ask LibreOffice here -
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/86163/libreoffice-writer-display-found-wordphrase-in-a-constant-position-on-the-screen-and-change-highlight-colour/
But was told it would be better to file a bug, as an enhancement. This is an
edited version of that post -
I've been working with someone who has very limited sight who describes their
vision as being 'a bit like looking through a keyhole into a smoke filled
room'. Their process for writing is to touch-type a number of paragraphs or
pages, and then, using macOS's built in 'text-to-speech' function, listen back
to whatever they just wrote until they reach a word or phrase they're not happy
with. They then search for said word or phrase using the search function in
LibreOffice Writer, and attempt to edit it.
The problem is that they find it very difficult to locate the searched words on
the screen, as they will be in a different position each time, and the
transparent blue highlighting is not bright enough for them to clearly see. A
solution might be to have an additional window that always appeared at the
center of the document when searched words were found, containing the the words
that were were searched, highlighted in a bright red (for example), with some
context either side (5 words or maybe a sentence each side). I've attatched a
rough diagram of how it might look.
I've looked into developing these features for Writer myself, in the form of an
optioal extension, and while i think it could be doable, it's not an area I
have a lot of knowledge about. Any help is greatly appreciated as this is
hopefully the last step before they can get back to a point where writing isn't
just seriously frustrating.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Search for word(s) using Writer find function (CTRL + F)
2.
3.
Actual Results:
Found word(s) (if any) are highlighted in a light transparent blue, at whatever
point they are positioned on the page.
Expected Results:
Found word(s) (if any) are highlighted in a bright red (or a chosen colour) and
are contained within an editable text window, along with some context either
side (5 words or maybe a sentence each side), that is always positioned at the
center of the document.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/52.0
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