Description: Page break before/after terminology kind of confusing Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the attached file 2. Format -> Paragraph -> Text flow (or my preferred route: hoover over blue page break bar + edit) 3. Change Position to After 4. Press OK -> Page break vanishes Actual Results: The position 'before/after' is not self-explaining. And surely depending on context. I couldn't find it in help/or documentation either. Setting it to after actually disabled page break while page break still being checked. --- The idea is clearly 1. A text document containing multiple paragraphs AAA|BBB|CCC 2. Place cursor on line 2, BBB 3. Format -> Paragraph -> Text flow 4. Check insert break -> After Result -> CCC moves to page 3 Why it's impossible to set a page style for the next page.. no clue.. it's disabled. Expected Results: The first question. In which cases 'after' being actual addition.. I personally insert page breaks pressing CTRL+Enter or Inset -> More breaks -> Manual break.. Both don't have after setting.. Only with styles this makes sense (and before doesn't, I think?) After should be at least 'after paragraph' for understanding purposes. However they initial issue would still be present. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: 32fdb8eb3506bc8dcf013cc713fe8e5debceb940 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US Calc: CL
Lets do another round on the page-break topic. FWIW: i'm only attempting to put a finger on a flaw which is context depended.. So they dialog makes some sense inserting a page break using - Format -> Paragraph Style -> Text Flow -> Insert paragraph.. However the dialog becomes rather confusing if page break already present.. So after/before being irrelevant in my perception. And of course dialog makes again sense for configuring styles.. However would appreciated if we could think about the design again, if something can be done to improve things. However not sure how much flexibility there is with shared code/dialog. Say if it's possible to - for example - disable before/after for present page break (so can only be configured if setting a new one or configuring a page style.. [Only some thing crossing my mind, without deep thoughts]
You should look which methods ODF provides to generate a sequence of pages from the content of a text document. One method is the use of a master page. Paragraph style and table style can have an attribute 'style:master-page-name'. Each time the style is applied (for paragraphs not inside tables), it inserts a page break before the paragraph or table and the specified master page is used from there on. "style applied" includes named styles (from the Styles pane of the Sidebar) and automatic styles (direct formatting) as well. A second method is use of the attributes 'fo:break-after' and 'fo:break-before'. These attributes are mainly used in tables, but may be used outside of tables too. In fact 'Ctrl+Enter' uses the attribute 'fo:break-before'. Possible values besides 'page' are 'column' and 'auto'. These attributes have no relationship to a master page. A combination of 'fo:break-after' with master-page-name is technical impossible. The UI reflects this only partly. If you select 'after' in list 'Position', then the checkbox 'with page style' is correctly disabled. But the other way round, if you check 'with page style' the list 'Position' is not disabled. That could be improved. I mean, if 'with page style' is checked, the list 'Position' should be disabled, but still show the value 'Before'.
I think your finger is creating the flaw. The paragraph format includes a break either before or after. Don't see why this terminology needs to be changed. => NAB (guess Regina suggests the same)