On Fri March 24 2006 17:20, Rod Engelsman wrote: > Sorry, I inadvertently hijacked a thread. Aside from being sorta rude, > it doesn't work real well if you want your question answered. Trying > again... > > In amongst the interminable RC vs. styles debate I was playing with > character styles in a test document (just to make sure I truly > understood what was going on in various scenarios). > > I noticed that if I have automatic URL recognition turned on and I enter > a url like http://something.com then the appearance will correctly > change to blue, single underline. This corresponds to the settings in > the Internet Link Character style. > > *However*, if I use the arrow keys to move the cursor into the hyperlink > with the Stylist window open to character styles, the highlighted > character style doesn't change. It stays on Default. There's no > indication (other than the appearance of the link) that a style other > than default has been applied. > > So my question is: Is the appearance of the hyperlink changed by > automatically applying the Internet Link style, or by automatically > applying direct formatting equivalent to the style? I sort of assume the > former because if I modify the Internet Link style it is immediately > reflected in the appearance of the link. > > But it gets weirder; if I have the cursor *outside* the link, right > click on the Internet Link character style to modify it, then when I > move the cursor around with the arrow keys, or click somewhere else in > the document, the Internet Link character style remains highlighted. But > I just noticed that if you wait long enough, for an automatic > pseudo-save (or whatever you want to call it) to take place, then the > highlighting will jump to the correct character style. > > This only seems to happen with the Internet Link character style; other > character styles work the way I expect. > > Is this a bug?
It sounds like a bug to me. Can you please report this in issuezilla ? ( http://openoffice.org -> "My Pages" -> "Register", then when you receive a confirmation email, "Login" and "File an issue" ) In this way the relevant developers will see your bug report / suggestion and you will also see the progress of this feature / bug report if it is accepted. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
