Description: The new LO 7.6 feature "The Paragraph Style dropdown (in the Formatting toolbar) now gradually replaces the default list with styles used in the document rather than always showing the full list at the top. tdf#152666 (Heiko Tietze, TDF)" changes the positions of the styles in the drop down list with every usage of a style. That is a complete mess and makes the whole styling unusable! (Mus revert to LO 5.5 to get a working styling back.) But, regardless of my own opinion, this behaviour is also a direct violation of WCAG Guideline 3.2 Predictable: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#predictable (and especially 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation, 3.2.4 Consistent Identification, 3.2.5 Change on Request) And the WCAG are not only for Websites, but also for applications the most relevant accessibility rule set in the world! If you like your new "feature" too much, to revert it completely, make it an opt-in (WCAG: 3.2.5 Change on Request). But never ever let the current mess unchanged! Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open Writer document 2.add some paragraphs 3.apply different styles from the Style dropdown Actual Results: listed styles changing positions => never have the same order as before (which can be selected also blind!!!) Expected Results: Same styles list order every time, never changed (wihtou an active "opt-in" to the new behaviour in LO 7.6 Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 7.6.0.3 (x86) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 69edd8b8ebc41d00b4de3915dc82f8f0fc3b6265 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_AT); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Thanks for the report. This can probably be merged with bug 156970. Michael, what is your opinion on the accessibility aspect?
See bug 152666 for rational and use case. The drop list is finite, and responds to template handling for new documents allowing customization on new document creation. The Sidebar Style deck <F11> 'Stylist' provides fully functional style based manipulation. The WCAG aspect is not valid as the handling of styles *is* consistent, just that that drop list defaults and 'Applied' style handling has evolved to be more in line with Sidebar 'Style' deck's content panels. IMHO => NAB and Invalid
Ok, let's close. The listed styles in the toolbar dropdown do not change their position when I tested, by the way. Arch Linux 64-bit, X11 Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: c2930ebff82c4f7ffe8377ab82627131f8544226 CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.5; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Built on 27 September 2023 Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 2902ab24ecc5ffbf4907ea83b2028508b9de6364 CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: default; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_FI); UI: en-US Calc: threaded