Bug 132627 - PDF-OPTIONS DIALOG: Pre-fill the Pages range field
Summary: PDF-OPTIONS DIALOG: Pre-fill the Pages range field
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing and PDF export (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.4.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: PDF-Export-Options-Dialog
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Reported: 2020-05-03 09:41 UTC by samz
Modified: 2020-05-08 09:51 UTC (History)
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Description samz 2020-05-03 09:41:34 UTC
Description:
In the "Print" dialog popup (File > Print), the text field beside the Pages radio button is pre-filled with the current page number. But the same field in the "PDF Options" dialog (File > Export as > Export as PDF) is not pre-filled. Please, pre-fill this filed with the current page number.
IMO, any field (like this one) should be clickable (to edit is content), and the click should activate its related radio/checkbox button. Actually we have to click the button first, then we can edit the field beside.
Thank you in advance and regards.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. LO Writer: Menu File > Export as ... > Export as PDF
2. In this dialog "PDF Options", the field beside the PAGES radio button is not pre-filled with the current page number.

Actual Results:
In the dialog "PDF Options", the field beside the PAGES radio button is not pre-filled with the current page number.

Expected Results:
In the dialog "PDF Options", the field beside the PAGES radio button is pre-filled with the current page number.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Please add an UPLOAD IMAGES field in this REPORT A BUG form
Comment 1 Dieter 2020-05-07 11:51:51 UTC
I confirm it with

Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)Build ID: 8c8b3a4f83f67882b284ddc3b3fe10d3fe6dedf4CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win; Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Language: en-GBCalc: CL

I would treat it as enhancement (but let's also ask Design-Team)

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Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2020-05-08 09:29:05 UTC
Don't see a negative impact on usability (nor much advantage of adding the current page number to the field where you specify the from-to pages).
Comment 3 Tomaz Vajngerl 2020-05-08 09:51:47 UTC
It's filled in "print" dialog, so I guess - for consistency, it should be filled here too. 

I think the UX issue is that you may not know the number of all pages, so you would need to go out of the dialog just to get this information, and then go back in.