Steps to repro: 1) Open Writer Navigator either F5 or sidebar version 2) Right click in navigation content view to show context menu 3) Select Drag Mode > Insert as Link 4) Exit and restart Writer 5) Check Drag Mode setting Results: Drag Mode setting does not remain as previous set Expected results: Drag Mode remains as previous set Regression happened after 4.3.0.0.alpha+ and before 5.2.0.0.alpha0+
I confirm it with Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: 1c9ced04189c9d23ffea05d5570960b54b05ef28 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win; Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Language: en-GB Calc: CL
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/fc71991510df6ac6d9de278689f2def1a5af775e tdf#131755 SwNavigator: Fix drag mode configuration restore It will be available in 7.3.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
VERIFIED with Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha1+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 742b8befecbcfc0cfab87cfcd87c83b7d8ef32ab CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB Calc: CL Jim, thank you for fixing it!