Bug 142258 - UI: Cross-reference field names in navigator have a rather impossible naming to work with
Summary: UI: Cross-reference field names in navigator have a rather impossible naming ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 137741
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.2.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: target:7.2.0
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Blocks: Navigator
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Reported: 2021-05-13 15:41 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2021-05-19 06:37 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Example file (18.00 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2021-05-13 15:41 UTC, Telesto 		Details
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Description Telesto 2021-05-13 15:41:35 UTC 
Description:
UI: Cross-reference field names in navigator have a rather impossible naming to work with

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. Go to page 2
3. CTRL+F2 (Insert -> Fields -> More fields
4. Cross Reference tab
5. Pick heading
6. Press Insert
7. Sidebar -> Navigator -> Fields

Actual Results:
Impossible naming (you can't even rename :-()

Expected Results:
Some more workable naming (like images.) Maybe even way to name those objects?


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d7f734db2c078ced3ce08ad58cd816a79abe3bcf
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
Comment 1 Telesto 2021-05-13 15:41:47 UTC 
Created attachment 171966 [details]
Example file
Comment 2 Roman Kuznetsov 2021-05-14 22:23:39 UTC 
confirm in

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: dbd4110cc36011042c98549d997daa79e8065aba
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: CL
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2021-05-17 10:56:11 UTC 
The Navigator shows the actual field reference, you get it in the document per View > Field Names (Ctrl+F9). Since fields have no name I would just use "Field (<Type>)" for the Navigator. Adding the target as well makes the text too long and the type should be enough for identification.
Comment 4 Jim Raykowski 2021-05-18 20:45:53 UTC 
Please see effort to improve the Navigator Fields display here:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137741#c16
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2021-05-19 06:07:08 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 137741 ***
Comment 6 Commit Notification 2021-05-19 06:37:27 UTC 
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/aa56f1338450b2362ce0191b0107d512ebb497c9

tdf#137741 tdf#142258 Improve naming of Sw Navigator Field entries

It will be available in 7.2.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.