Bug 146417 - Create a suggestion for document link if same word linked
Summary: Create a suggestion for document link if same word linked
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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7.0.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: low enhancement
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2021-12-25 20:37 UTC by Alex
Modified: 2023-11-15 08:02 UTC (History)
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Description Alex 2021-12-25 20:37:15 UTC
Description:
Hi, this is a suggestion.  I am writing a book, it already has almost 1600 pages in Writer, and often use the same exact Document hyperlink (a section in my book) when I highlight a given word.  That word always links only to that location.  The suggestion is to have the software recall my last link for that word or the most frequent link and prefill it so I don't have to scroll among my 200 book bookmarks to select it again.  This would make hyperlinks to book sections easier.  Since 99% of the time we link to the same place for an identical word, makes sense to suggest the last link or most common or whatever is easier to write a code for.

Actual Results:
suggestion

Expected Results:
see above


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-11-02 23:08:28 UTC
Thank you for the suggestion.
I see this as a low-priority improvement. I'm not sure how it could be done without affecting other workflows or being confusing to some users, but I guess reusing the exact same hyperlink text is not such a common thing.

UX/Design team, what do you think?

Potentially useful workarounds: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/replacing-text-with-url-link/34641
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2023-11-03 07:05:11 UTC
Alex, is the workaround acceptable for you? If not, please elaborate a bit why you need hyperlinks from one specific word at many occasions to one specific chapter. Reminds me on a table of contents, which would have a "Apply to all occurrences", or the alphabetical index generated from a concordance file.