Bug 128931 - You can't edit "Variables -> Input field" like "Functions -> Input field"
Summary: You can't edit "Variables -> Input field" like "Functions -> Input field"
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2019-11-21 11:16 UTC by Bill Sanford
Modified: 2019-11-21 14:20 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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example document (9.37 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2019-11-21 11:46 UTC, Caolán McNamara
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Description Bill Sanford 2019-11-21 11:16:10 UTC
Description:
Description of problem:
You can't edit Variable input fields, Insert -> Field -> More Fields... -> Variables -> Input field can now be edited inline, in the same way as was already possible for function input fields Insert -> Field -> More Fields... -> Functions -> Input field.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 31
LO 6.3.3.2


Steps to Reproduce:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer
2. Insert -> Field -> More Fields... -> Variables -> Input field


Actual Results:
You can't edit "Variables -> Input field" like "Functions -> Input field" 

Expected Results:
You can edit "Variables -> Input field" like "Functions -> Input field" 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
I tried this on F31 and RHEL 8.1
Comment 1 Caolán McNamara 2019-11-21 11:46:13 UTC
Created attachment 155996 [details]
example document
Comment 2 Caolán McNamara 2019-11-21 11:48:41 UTC
Hopefully this example document helps to clarify. In 6.2 you can only click on the input field in the document to get a dialog to change its value. In 6.3 you can double click it to get the dialog, or type directly into it.
Comment 3 Dieter 2019-11-21 12:36:58 UTC
(In reply to Caolán McNamara from comment #2)
> Hopefully this example document helps to clarify. In 6.2 you can only click
> on the input field in the document to get a dialog to change its value. In
> 6.3 you can double click it to get the dialog, or type directly into it.

Bill, does this information solves your problem?
=> NEEDINFO