Bug 139924 - Tools > Autocorrect > Apply with "Replace bullets with" only works with Default Style in [M], while hyphen is not converted to chosen symbol in [T], and chosen bullet symbols are shown in wrong option
Summary: Tools > Autocorrect > Apply with "Replace bullets with" only works with Defau...
Status: NEW
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.2.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: AutoCorrect-Complete
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Reported: 2021-01-26 13:04 UTC by sdc.blanco
Modified: 2023-02-16 02:10 UTC (History)
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Description sdc.blanco 2021-01-26 13:04:51 UTC 
0. Tools > AutoCorrect > AutoCorrect Options - Options tab
   uncheck all [T] fields.  uncheck all [M] fields, except for 
   "Replace bullets with"

1.  According to: 

 https://help.libreoffice.org/7.2/en-US/text/shared/01/06040100.html

Replace bullets with

Converts paragraphs that start with a hyphen (-), a plus sign (+), or an asterisk (*) directly followed by a space or a tab, to bulleted lists. This option only works on paragraphs that are formatted with the "Default", "Text Body", or "Text Body Indent" paragraph styles. 

2.  Make a test file according to the instructions given in help.

3.  Then Tools > AutoCorrect > Apply

Actual Results:  Works for "Default Paragraph Style";  does not work for "Text Body" or "Text Body Indent"

Expected:  Works according to Help page.

Additional Information:

1. Well-known that many Tools > AutoCorrect > Apply only work with "Default Paragraph Style".   No opinion or preference expressed here about expected LO behavior.  


2.  Rather the main question of this ticket:   

   Is this behavior considered a "bug" and therefore the help page should not be changed?  
  
   or 

  Is the help page wrong about expected behavior, and therefore should be changed?
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2021-01-26 15:22:19 UTC 
Confirmed, the 'Text Body' and 'Text Body Indented' PS do not pick up the autoformatting. The Help is wrong.

Also, for 'Default' PS the autocorrect will change the selected would be list items to 'List 1' PS even if the change into bullets is rejected following an apply and edit. So something is not quite correctly implemented.
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2021-01-27 11:14:36 UTC Comment hidden (off-topic)
Comment 3 sdc.blanco 2021-01-29 01:45:18 UTC 
For [T] option

1. Possible to use the three PS named in Help: Default, Text Body, and Text Body Indent.  (did not work with Heading, Quotation)

2. For "hyphen", the auto-bulleted list used "hyphen" as bullet character, not the bullet character specified in Options. 
 (* and + did use the specified bullet character).
Comment 4 sdc.blanco 2021-01-29 01:55:43 UTC 
The result of bullet editing is shown in the wrong place for both [T] and [M] (i.e., they are inverted).

1. Select "Replace bullets with:"  (under [M])
2. Press Edit, and change bullet.

Actual result:  Bullets and Numbered Lists Bullet symbol: (bullet here)
(i.e., under [T]) shows the change.  But the bullet shown there is the one applied when using Tools > AutoCorrect > Apply. (i.e., [M])

Expected:  the bullet change appears for the option that was selected.

Conversely.

1. Select "Bullets and Numbered Lists Bullet symbol:" (under [T])
2. Press Edit, and change bullet.

Actual:  change shows up in the [M] case (but gets applied correctly in While Typing, if not a "hyphen", see comment 3)

Expected: bullet appears for option that was selected.
Comment 5 sdc.blanco 2021-02-02 03:02:56 UTC 
Additional problem.  

'While Typing'[T] option only works if [M] option "Replace bullets with" is also selected.

If [T] option "Bullets and Numbered Lists Bullet symbol" is selected, without the [M] option (and While Typing is enabled), then no autocorrection  to list while typing for + * and - 

(Related to the inverted relation of the bullet symbols described in comment 4? )
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2023-02-03 03:22:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 sdc.blanco 2023-02-16 02:10:46 UTC 
In short: no changes. Problems remain.

repro comment 0 with 7.6.0.0.alpha0+

   only Default PS works  (with List 1 ps as noted in comment 1)
   Text Body and Text Body Indent do not.

comment 3  repro (but see comment 5)  using Default PS or Text Body, then the symbols (-, +, *) are converted to bullets, again with hyphen remaining as hyphen, and the other two symbols being converted to what was assigned.

comment 4 - repro, with slight variation.  After editing the bullet for [t], it appears in the right place, but after closing and opening the dialog, it then appears in  [m].   (similarly if m is edited, then the bullet appears under [t])
In both cases, the actually-applied bullet corresponds to what is shown by the other.  That is, the [t] bullet is applied with [m] and vice versa.

comment 5 - repro.  [t] only works if [m] is selected.  [m] works without having [t] being selected. 

Tested with:

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d466df5bc220eb80b8a51ff64507de881b938ed3
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: da-DK (da_DK); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded