Bug 136490 - UI: No visual difference between page break indictor with page style set & page break without page style set
Summary: UI: No visual difference between page break indictor with page style set & pa...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 128616
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: lowest enhancement
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Blocks: Writer-Page-Break
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Reported: 2020-09-05 08:35 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2021-04-14 10:13 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Example file (9.33 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2020-09-05 08:35 UTC, Telesto
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Description Telesto 2020-09-05 08:35:42 UTC
Description:
UI: No visual difference between page break indictor with page style set & page break without page style set 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. How to tell on which page breaks are configuring a style is set and on which page breaks do not? 

Actual Results:
It's hard to tell which page breaks defining a page style

Expected Results:
Should be more clear I think


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: e8b8e7be0b2ad693224cd94062a55610eb69df7e
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL
Comment 1 Telesto 2020-09-05 08:35:54 UTC
Created attachment 165175 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 milly texas 2020-09-05 14:21:17 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 3 Telesto 2020-09-05 16:04:48 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2020-09-05 16:10:16 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2020-09-05 19:02:51 UTC
Umm, isn't this exactly the function of the Navigator -> Styles -> Page Styles tab? It gives direct visual indicator of which page style has been applied to the page holding current edit cursor focus.

Paragraphs, and therefore pages with no page style assigned, take the 'default page style' as defined in template, or as the style is modified with direct formatting.

And, assigning a page break but making no page style selection will follow the page style 'Next style' value--which for standard template 'Default paragraph' is 'Default page style' .

Rather IMHO => NAB and WF
Comment 6 Telesto 2020-09-05 19:12:23 UTC
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #5)
> Umm, isn't this exactly the function of the Navigator -> Styles -> Page
> Styles tab? It gives direct visual indicator of which page style has been
> applied to the page holding current edit cursor focus.

Maybe I should give few examples

1. Page 2 = Landscape; Based on? Paragraph Style -> Text Flow -> ?; Nope. Next Page on previous page
2. Page 3 = Default style. Based on? Nope. Next Page on previous page? Nope Paragraph Style -> Text Flow -> Yes
3. Page 4 = Default style. Based on? Paragraph Style -> Text Flow -> No. Next Page
4. Page 5 = Not default page style; looks like it. How to detect. Click in the document Status bar or sidebar.. However, page style isn't noticeable while simply scrolling; or should I say no indication..
Comment 7 Heiko Tietze 2020-09-14 15:09:33 UTC
Portrait vs landscape has enough difference to not need an indicator. Same is true in most cases but why not change the color of the page separator line? Would be not too obtrusive but help in rare cases. Alternatively I could imagine dotted vs dashed lines.
Comment 8 Telesto 2020-09-15 12:52:03 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #7)
> Portrait vs landscape has enough difference to not need an indicator. Same
> is true in most cases but why not change the color of the page separator
> line? Would be not too obtrusive but help in rare cases. Alternatively I
> could imagine dotted vs dashed lines.

The relevance/scope is slightly lager:
* You can set next page style in organizer tab (isn't set a page break level); so different page layout but not in Paragraph Text Flow tab
* There are page breaks with and without page style attached
* With a ODT to DOCX conversion you get quite a number of new styles (attached to page break) not present in the original ODT. Exact the same page style can result in quite a number of converted page styles
Comment 9 Mike Kaganski 2021-04-14 10:13:53 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 128616 ***