Bug 156804 - Text inserted from autotext doesn't show the set number of paragraph
Summary: Text inserted from autotext doesn't show the set number of paragraph
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.5.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Heading-Numbering Technical
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Reported: 2023-08-18 08:45 UTC by Davide
Modified: 2023-09-28 11:12 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Attachments
Example file for heading numbers missing importing by Auto text (13.46 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2023-09-03 18:51 UTC, Davide
Details
Edit style window to assign a 123 numbering style (67.86 KB, image/jpeg)
2023-09-04 12:38 UTC, Davide
Details

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Description Davide 2023-08-18 08:45:25 UTC
Description:
From release 5.4 on.
I have some recurring texts I insert in a document using Auto Text. I use 3 numbered title levels. The numbering is set in Tools > Heading and Numbering as follow:
Number: 1,2,3
Start at: 1
Paragraph style: Title_3
Character style: None


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create a text with a paragraph whose structure is numbered at 3rd level
2.Make the text an auto text: Ctrl+F3 >AutoText > New
3.Insert the text just created
4. The number disappear.
Note:
Click into the paragraph shows the correct Style name
Ctrl+M doesn't restore the style making the number be visible (old Writer problem)

Actual Results:
The structure number of the paragraph doesn't appear

Expected Results:
The text inserted maintains the numbering set in Tools > Heading and Numbering


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Issue noticed since release 7.4.3.2, I don't checked it in previous versions
Version: 7.6.0.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 69edd8b8ebc41d00b4de3915dc82f8f0fc3b6265
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: it-IT (it_IT); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 raal 2023-09-02 07:36:15 UTC
Hello,

Thank you for filing the bug. Please send us a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO', so please do change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once you have attached a document.
(Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it.)
How can I eliminate confidential data from a sample document?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F
Thank you

No repro with Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a3bd81335c4128cb2f62487868a94882a97eaf66
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.2; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: cs-CZ (cs_CZ.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 Dieter 2023-09-02 08:54:48 UTC
I think, this is the intended behaviour. It's not related to auto text but to every text

Steps:
1. Create a paragraph
2. Add heading numbering with Tools -> Heading Numbering
3. Strg+a
4. Strg+c
5. Strg+n
6. Strg+v (no heading numbering)
7. Tools -> Heading Numbering: Entry in "Numbering" is "None"

I remember a similar bug report, but couldn't find it. So for me it looks ike anb enhancement request like "settings of heading numbering of a copied document should override settings of the document whre it is pasted", but I'm not sure, if this would be a good solution in most cases.

cc: Design-Team
Comment 3 Davide 2023-09-03 18:49:34 UTC
See sample file enclosed as requested (Heading and numbering-Sample doc.odt). I checked with 7.6.
I tried also with release 24.2.0.0 and the result is the same.
Moreover, assigning the numbering in Tools>Heading numbering doesn't works (numbers don't compare) but I'll post this as separate bug.
Comment 4 Davide 2023-09-03 18:51:05 UTC
Created attachment 189323 [details]
Example file for heading numbers missing importing by Auto text
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2023-09-04 08:48:57 UTC
I can follow the expectation that attaching a list style / heading numbering scheme to the paragraph should be taken into autotext and copy/paste actions.

Mike, any blocker?
Comment 6 Heiko Tietze 2023-09-04 10:45:36 UTC
OTOH, if the list style is applied as a style (edit style > outline & list > list style, eg. set to "Numbering 123") it will be accepted as expected.
Comment 7 Davide 2023-09-04 12:36:48 UTC
Thank you Heiko.
If I assign a title style to a level of structure, I can't modify that style assigning a numbering style. This option appears in grey in edit style window. See screenshot enclosed.
123 are assigned in Tools>Heading_Numbering to the styles you can see in the sample document.
Please let me know if I correctly understand your comment.
Comment 8 Davide 2023-09-04 12:38:15 UTC
Created attachment 189338 [details]
Edit style window to assign a 123 numbering style
Comment 9 Heiko Tietze 2023-09-05 07:10:09 UTC
(In reply to Davide from comment #7)
> I can't modify that style assigning a numbering style.

Use Tools > Heading Numbering to remove the heading numbering, and finally you can assign the list in the paragraph style.

I hope Mike can shed some light on all this shenanigans (once again).
Comment 10 Mike Kaganski 2023-09-06 08:01:07 UTC
(In reply to Davide from comment #0)
> From release 5.4 on.

I didn't try to repro yet, but this piece caught me: so was it different in am earlier version? If so, the first thing to do is to bisect which change made the difference. It might describe why.
Comment 11 Davide 2023-09-06 08:02:51 UTC
I confirm the issue also in 5.4.
Comment 12 Heiko Tietze 2023-09-27 04:41:14 UTC
Summary: Create a list of headings, apply tools > heading numbering = number 123, and create an autotext; the user expectation to get numbered headings is reasonable.

Workaround: instead heading numbering assign a list style to the paragraph
Comment 13 Davide 2023-09-28 11:12:37 UTC
I wouldn't assign a list style to a paragraph style to get the numbering.
Numbering styles are very unstable and may disappear from a release to another.
Recently I wanted to try the last version of LO (I was still using 5.4, because a number of further releases reveal something missing or malfunctioning).
A list style has been lost and a paragraph style matched with it has a different and unconfortable behaviour.
I had to create a similar list style and assign it to the relevant paragraph styles.