Bug 127391 - Difficult to change the order of line with numbered list by drag and drop.
Summary: Difficult to change the order of line with numbered list by drag and drop.
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.0.7.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2019-09-06 05:07 UTC by Sakda W.
Modified: 2019-09-13 09:31 UTC (History)
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Description Sakda W. 2019-09-06 05:07:29 UTC
Description:
When I try to change the line order with numbered list by drag and drop, the order is not automatically rearrange.

Steps to Reproduce:
example: I try to switch whole line from b. to a. by drag and drop

1. Which of the following is TRUE?
   a. There are yyyyy
   b. There are xxxxx
   c. There are zzzzz
   d. 
   e.


Actual Results:
1. Which of the following is TRUE?
   a. There are xxxxxThere are yyyyy
   b. 
   c. There are zzzzz
   d. 
   e.

Expected Results:
1. Which of the following is TRUE?
   a. There are xxxxx
   b. There are yyyyy
   c. There are zzzzz
   d. 
   e.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: TextDocument
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OS: Linux (All)
OS is 64bit: yes
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2019-09-06 06:08:24 UTC
You need to move the whole *paragraph*, including its end. If you select only text *inside* a paragraph, and move it into some place inside another paragraph, it obviously will be added to that destination paragraph.

Specifically, in the list

1. a
2. b
3. c
...

when you want to move paragraph b before paragraph a, you need to select the b like this:

1. Move mouse to the left of the "2."
2. Press left mouse button, and select the paragraph by moving mouse down - release mouse when it's to the left of "3."
3. Now drag the selection up, dropping it when the cursor is to the right of "1."

See this screencast.

Note that the issue you reported is not a bug, but just a user error. Closing NOTABUG.
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2019-09-06 06:08:34 UTC
http://youtu.be/eVky2YcENNg?hd=1
Comment 3 Mike Kaganski 2019-09-06 06:46:26 UTC
Note that there are also keyboard shortcuts to move whole paragraphs up/down (normally Ctrl+Alt+Up/Ctrl+Alt+Down); in case of lists, also moving with subpoints is available (normally unassigned, but available along with the former commands on the Bullets and Numbering toolbar, which pops up when you put cursor into the list). See "Shortcut Keys for Paragraphs and Heading Levels" at [1].

[1] https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html
Comment 4 Sakda W. 2019-09-13 09:31:26 UTC
Thank you a lot for suggestion and very helpful solution. Libreoffice is my main software now and I happy trying to send useful suggestion feedback for improvement if I can do.