Bug 134952 - PARAGRAPH INDENT: Numbered paragraph gives option to change indent of current paragraph (not expected from a user perspective)
Summary: PARAGRAPH INDENT: Numbered paragraph gives option to change indent of current...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.5.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: low trivial
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Paragraph-Indent
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Reported: 2020-07-19 12:03 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2022-11-09 13:13 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Example file (10.21 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2020-07-19 12:03 UTC, Telesto
Details
Screencast (547.91 KB, video/mp4)
2020-07-19 12:04 UTC, Telesto
Details

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Description Telesto 2020-07-19 12:03:26 UTC
Description:
Dragging numbering moves different area, if the cursor is placed on a different spot

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. Place the cursor somewhere in the paragraph with "This Section '
3. Hoover above the Heading number and drag  when <-> appears.. text at 3 line is moving

Actual Results:
Text at 3 line moving

Expected Results:
Heading moving


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: 52820b52b3bca45e2db527d1cc5f4488b2e0b9d0
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

also in
3.5.7.2
Comment 1 Telesto 2020-07-19 12:03:38 UTC
Created attachment 163269 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 Telesto 2020-07-19 12:04:20 UTC
Created attachment 163270 [details]
Screencast
Comment 3 Dieter 2020-11-01 11:26:33 UTC
I confirm the described behaviour with

Version: 7.0.3.1 (x64)
Build ID: d7547858d014d4cf69878db179d326fc3483e082
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded

but I can't assess, if this is a bug or not. It's the first time I've seen those arrows and I couldn't find something in documentation about them, so I don't know what the expected result should be.
Comment 4 Kevin Suo 2020-11-07 08:42:49 UTC
I also reproduce on master build. In my opinion this is really a bug, as from a user's point of view when I hover over the heading number and the <--> sign appears then dragging the indent should of course move the paragraph where the heading is located, not where the cursor is located.
Comment 5 Kevin Suo 2020-11-07 08:44:28 UTC
Set importance to LOW TRIVIAL as this is a small issue.
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2022-11-08 03:47:55 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Dieter 2022-11-08 07:15:04 UTC
Still present in

Version: 7.4.3.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 3793858a34d8fef5b92f8fee233f97766f05e281
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL

It seems to be related to chapter numbering and lists. But I don't know, how this feature should work. I also don't understand, why it is limited to numbered and bulletd paragraphs (if we consider this feature as useful). Heiko, can you give some informations?

cc: Heiko Tietze
Comment 8 Dieter 2022-11-08 07:22:03 UTC
Original reported behaviour is of course the expected behaviour from a technical side, because you change indent of the present paragraph (with cursor inside), but as this bug report shows, not from a user perspective. Since I don't see the usecase for this feature, I would remove it.
Comment 9 Heiko Tietze 2022-11-09 13:08:09 UTC
The arrows comes from the list style. If you create some items and make them an ordered or unordered list the cursor becomes this east-west symbol on hover. Using it seems to be another thing as effectively I can indent only headings.

Anyway, the feature clearly needs to be enabled only when the cursor is on the hovered spot.