Bug 144615 - Style inspector should show Direct Formatting for a textbox
Summary: Style inspector should show Direct Formatting for a textbox
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.3.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Textbox Style-Inspector
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Reported: 2021-09-20 07:01 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2021-10-05 06:38 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Telesto 2021-09-20 07:01:33 UTC 
Description:
Style inspector doesn't show Direct Formatting for a textbox

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. Enable style inspector in the sidebar
3. Enter the textbox

Actual Results:
No effect

Expected Results:
Should show DF


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d5e55d204b71710eb5eb5d2c683dd6698626df3c
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 Dieter 2021-10-05 06:19:40 UTC 
Tested with an own document and I confirm behaviour with

Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7cd5b35caa8d4fa9d0ba2b2c6ce4b88726ed2be6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL

Style inspector doesn't show
- Paragraph DF
- Character DF

So I think it's better to treat it as enhancement request (I changed bug summary)

If style inspector is out of scope for text in text boxes, Style inspector should be greyed out in such cases.

cc: Design Team
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2021-10-05 06:38:36 UTC 
Support for PS/CS in text boxes is requested in bug 111921 (while CS cannot be applied it's possible to paste formatted content; PDF and DF is possible anyway). See also bug 96706 regarding the default (kind of duplicate).

Similar issue like this is discussed in bug 107962: the Stylist is not effective for text boxes.

Back to the topic: Whether PS/CS can be applied or not shouldn't affect the feedback with the SI. It makes no sense to disable it. Of course, we have to read out the actual values correctly.