The "Extended Selection" mode allows one to avoid having to keep the mouse pressed and drag all the way to the end of the selection. Instead, the selection extends itself and one simply has to get to the endpoint of the selection. ... except that it's not so simple. If your selection ends in a few paragraphs or a page away, then - fine, not a big deal. But what if your selection is 100 pages away? Or you don't know where it is, but it has a bookmark? In those cases you are likely to want to use the Navigator to get to where the selection ends. Unfortunately, clicking a Navigator entity (e.g. a Bookmark, but not just) - reverts the selection mode to Standard, so that when you arrive - nothing is selected. This is not a good idea. Let the use decide when they want to quit Extended Selection mode, unless it's very obvious that they do.
Hello Eyal Rozenberg, Thank you for reporting the bug. Unfortunately without clear steps to reproduce it, we cannot track down the origin of the problem. Please provide a clearer set of step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the problem. I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once the steps are provided
(In reply to Diana Vides from comment #1) > Unfortunately without clear steps to reproduce it, we cannot track down the > origin of the problem. Diana, I'm complaining about the intended behavior, not about some uncommon scenario. Be in Extended Selection mode and click an item in the navigator - you'll see the selection mode revert to the standard mode.
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #2) > (In reply to Diana Vides from comment #1) > > Unfortunately without clear steps to reproduce it, we cannot track down the > > origin of the problem. > > Diana, I'm complaining about the intended behavior, not about some uncommon > scenario. Be in Extended Selection mode and click an item in the navigator - > you'll see the selection mode revert to the standard mode. You didn't explain how to change to Extending Selection mode, though, so your steps were lacking. Steps: 1. Add two paragraphs and change one of them to Heading 1 by pressing Ctrl-1 2. Hover over the status bar at the bottom in Writer until you see the tooltip "Standard Selection etc." Right-click on it and select Extending Selection 3. In the Navigator sidebar deck, double-click the heading item I reproduce the issue. The request seems logical enough that I won't bother the UX team. If we're in this special selection mode, we want to do special things, so it should not be dropped. Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: e4410284c9907c5c8938a4f54bdde22cf27bba56 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.2; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded