Description: Styles are very powerfull for office suited also in LibreOffice (writer in special) the styles sidebar is very powerfull. The problem with powerfull stuff is, that it can be also confuse for users that use styles not regular. By default in the styles sidebar the default filter is Hierarchical (drop down menu on bottom). For example in an empty files Writer offers 122 Paragraph Styles to select (which are grouped in a treeview). From this 122 styles there are very common styles like header 1 - 10, title, subtitle, ... (styles that are also in the styles menubar section). But there are also styles that are needed for very specific or software internal stuff like signature, Addressee and Sender (which were used for Envelopes only). MSO offers you to show recommended styles (by default setting). As it's very difficult to define recommended styles (you need an additional GUI configure that the user can change it), I would say show the user ALL Styles (as it is now) BUT for styles that are used for specific toppics like Addressee and Sender were use only if you use the envelope dialog, ... this content related styles will be shown ONLY if you have this content in your document. So it will be an mix between All Styles and Applied Styles. Steps to Reproduce: 1. writer -> styles sidebar 2. Hierarchical selection Actual Results: style sidebar show by default an mix between styles that will be used for software internal stuff and styles the user should select from. Expected Results: Show all styles in Hierarchical form, but for styles that are related to specific tasks show the styles only if the task is available in the document. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info:
The proposal to solve bug 115311 about nested character styles shows also a few improvements to paragraph style listing. See comments in https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=141502 The request here, in other words, is to switch from Hierarchical to Automatic (which does exactly what is described). This automatic mechanism is not welcome for many other users. The number 122 is misleading since most groups are collapsed (and more being discussed in bug 126257). The first level under Default has 23 entries - not so many. I would close this issue as WFM.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1) > The proposal to solve bug 115311 about nested character styles shows also a > few improvements to paragraph style listing. See comments in > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=141502 > > The request here, in other words, is to switch from Hierarchical to > Automatic ... Bug 126204 ? > This automatic mechanism is not welcome for many other users.
I think Bug 126450 is an better way to come forward. Easier to implement AND the UI will be more consistent (menubar and sidebar).