Bug 70940

Summary: bullet list, cannot promote
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Wai Chan <waixchan>
Component: ImpressAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: bubli, cno, thb, thomas-libo
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.1.2.3 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Description Wai Chan 2013-10-28 00:55:10 UTC 
On my installation, alt-shift-right_arrow or shift-tab do not promote a bullet list.  I can do it in outline with the arrow button but as soon as I switch to outline again, the list is demoted to level 1.

steps to reproduce:

1. insert new slide
2. select one of the layout except the top left blank one
3. make a list and sublist
4. promote the sublist with alt-shift-right_arrow, nothing happens
5. switch to outline tab, use right arrow button to promote the sublist, OK
6. switch back to normal tab, list and sublist retains hierarchy
7. switch to outline tab, sublist is demoted right away

conclusion:
There is no reliable way to create a nesting list.  It makes no sense to have to create a nested list only in outline mode.  Such editing function should be in the Normal tab.
Comment 1 Thomas Arnhold 2013-10-28 04:39:42 UTC 
Wai, which version are you using?

NOT reproducible:

Version: 4.1.2.3
Build ID: 40b2d7fde7e8d2d7bc5a449dc65df4d08a7dd38

Reproducible with

Version: 4.2.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 4badcfda55996891d99b1f0a8cc47028acd1c0c1
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2013-10-14_04:13:30

Seems to be introduced with the new sidebar. The default formatting of the slide also changed from list style to centered text.
Comment 2 Thomas Arnhold 2013-10-28 04:46:46 UTC 
Ah forget the last sentence. The default style didn't change. I choose the wrong layout.
Comment 3 Thomas Arnhold 2013-10-28 05:06:19 UTC 
Ok, I reproduced it with Version: 4.1.2.3, too:

If you choose "Title Slide" and add a new bullet list to it. There is a bullet list, but you can't move the list items one level up or down with shift+alt+arrow. It's the same for the layout "Centered text".

If you create a new slide from layout "Title, Content", where the list style is default on it works fine.

First I thought the centered text is the problem, but setting it to left aligned doesn't change the behavior.
Comment 4 Cor Nouws 2013-10-28 08:49:34 UTC 
thanks for testing and explaining. The title slide has a different purpose.
See my comment in bug 70938
Comment 5 Wai Chan 2013-11-20 08:08:35 UTC 
Thanks everyone for testing and provided comments. I found that I have missed 2 steps in making a nested list. The info came from a wikidoc on v3.4 but it works on v4 just the same. This works on any text, except Title text.

1. I need to put the cursor at the beginning of the list text, not highlighting the text, in order to change the list level.

2. Press tab to promote the list level and shift-tab to demote it.

Also, I have misunderstood the function of the outline mode which describes the flow of the presentation and has nothing to do with formatting a bullet list.

With respect to alt-shift-arrow keys for modifying the list level, it will work on lists defined in the layout i.e., Outline Text, but will not work on a list in a Text Frame. In addition, Title text does not support bullet list.  This is similar to what Thomas described in Comment 3.

It is a rather specific way to work with bullet lists and I have a hard time getting the terminology right.