Bug 135411

Summary: UI: Make the automatic caption functionality/settings more accessible
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Telesto <telesto>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: heiko.tietze, libreoffice-ux-advise, mikekaganski, xiscofauli
Priority: medium Keywords: needsUXEval
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha0+   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Telesto 2020-08-03 10:25:45 UTC 
Description:
UI: Make the automatic caption functionality/settings more accessible

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer
2. Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice Writer -> Autocaption

Actual Results:
Autocaption is hidden at Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice Writer -> Autocaption

Expected Results:
1) Autocaption should not only be a 'general settings' but also be configured for a (single) document
2) The options should be accessible from Insert -> Caption -> Submenu: Including caption + autocaption


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: <buildversion>
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2020-08-03 13:30:45 UTC 
Don't see the need. And Insert would be definitely wrong, rather Tools. The function adds a caption when you insert an object (table, frame, image...) so you don't need to use Insert > Caption. It's perfectly fine to have this as a global setting, in my opinion.
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2020-08-06 11:49:21 UTC 
No further input, resolving as NAB. The setting is perfectly suited under Tools > Options.
Comment 3 Telesto 2020-08-06 12:30:34 UTC 
@Heiko
Thanks for the reminder ;-)

@Mike
Any input on this.. 

* I dislike this being a global setting (so if enabled, enabled for every document)
* The whole setting being hidden somewhere in the Tools -> Options -> Writer. Not a place somebody normally looks for a feature.

Or must this be combined with the image frame styles somehow, at the point where a image frame style can be defined (and set default), including anchoring and such (bug 87720)
Comment 4 Mike Kaganski 2020-08-06 12:47:59 UTC 
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
> Don't see the need. And Insert would be definitely wrong, rather Tools. The
> function adds a caption when you insert an object (table, frame, image...)
> so you don't need to use Insert > Caption. It's perfectly fine to have this
> as a global setting, in my opinion.

Agree.