Bug 155859 - Insert hyperlinks to positions in current document is more tedious that it needs to be
Summary: Insert hyperlinks to positions in current document is more tedious that it ne...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 90496
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.5.3.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2023-06-15 17:30 UTC by Greg Smith
Modified: 2023-11-01 13:03 UTC (History)
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Description Greg Smith 2023-06-15 17:30:43 UTC
Description:
When writing technical documentation I regularly add cross-reference links with the Hyperlink command. However, this command (in Windows, at least), does not remember my last use, so each time I must:
1. Ctrl+K to open Hyperlink dialog
2. Click on Document
3. Click on Target in Document
4. Expand Target in document window
5. Expand to find my item, select etc
Could the Hyperlink window remember the last selection (Internet, Mail, Document...)?
Could the Target in Document Window remember its last position and size.
Could we have Ctrl+K,D (or other combination) take us straight to the Target in Document window?
Could we leave the Target in Document window window open so that selecting text in the document then selecting in the Target in Document window and clicking Apply inserts a Hyperlink?


Steps to Reproduce:
1.See above
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Actual Results:
Repetitive Strain Injury

Expected Results:
A great user experience


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Assume that my most likely action is similar to the previous one.
Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-06-30 23:54:06 UTC
Thank you for the report.

(In reply to Greg Smith from comment #0)
> Could the Hyperlink window remember the last selection (Internet, Mail,
> Document...)?

See bug 129557.

> Could the Target in Document Window remember its last position and size.

See bug 149935.

> Could we have Ctrl+K,D (or other combination) take us straight to the Target
> in Document window?

You should be able to use the accelerator Alt + D (at least I can in an English UI). Pressing Alt revels the accelerator keys.

> Could we leave the Target in Document window window open so that selecting
> text in the document then selecting in the Target in Document window and
> clicking Apply inserts a Hyperlink?

I am able to do that already, is it not working for you? Please install the latest version in https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/ and test again. If you can still reproduce, please paste here you version information copied from Help > About LibreOffice.

For me:

Version: 7.5.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 36ccfdc35048b057fd9854c757a8b67ec53977b6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Finally, note that you can drag and drop bookmarks from the Navigator (sidebar or dialog) onto the document to quickly insert a hyperlink to it.
I've suggested an improvement in bug 156111.
Comment 2 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-07-05 12:13:40 UTC
Greg replied by email:

> Thank you for your thoughtful responses. Sorry not to have noticed that these are already reported elsewhere and for not finding the existing short-cut. 

Given the duplicates, shortcuts and workaround, I am closing as a duplicate of bug 129557, to pick one of the main issues reported here.
Thank you!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 129557 ***
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2023-11-01 13:03:15 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 90496 ***