Created attachment 193667 [details] Demo of proposed change to Headings display format when alphabetically sorted Currently when Headings are set to display alphabetically sorted they are shown in a hierarchical structure with expand buttons the same as if they were set to display in the order they appear in the document. Perhaps displaying them flat when alphabetically sorted would be an improvement?
Jim, just to be sure: Floating navigator in video shows current behaviour an navigator in sidebar shows proposed behaviour? If that is right, I would support your idea. cc: Design-Team
Yes, remove the residual hierarchy indents when Headings are sorted alphabetically. To become similar to the shown alpha sort of the Images. +1
+1 for flat. The current implementation is broken anyway since it places H2 from the second chapter wrongly under the first (eg. the "formatted dummy text", extension #132). I think the opposite to "Sort Alphabetically" is not as clear as Show/Hide, or the like, to use just one checkbox. We better put the options (o) Sequentially and ( ) Alphabetically in a "Sort" menu. It also allows to add later other criteria such as ( ) Length or ( ) Complexity (kinda ironic, IIRC I was against the alphabetical sorting).
(In reply to Dieter from comment #1) > Jim, just to be sure: Floating navigator in video shows current behaviour an > navigator in sidebar shows proposed behaviour? If that is right, I would > support your idea. I watched the video again. I can see confusion it could cause. The floating Navigator shows the Headings content when alphabetical sorting is not applied, i.e., the document order parent-child hierarchy display. The sidebar Navigator shows the proposed (semi-)flat display when Headings content is set to display in alphabetical order. (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #2) > Yes, remove the residual hierarchy indents when Headings are sorted > alphabetically. To become similar to the shown alpha sort of the Images. Outline level indents removed in patchset 2 to make a truly flat display: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/166068
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/3a394f3f8a15623e2ffb9fbcad81bbb3b9856abe tdf#160657 Improve Writer Navigator Headings display It will be available in 24.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #3) > I think the opposite to "Sort Alphabetically" is not as clear as Show/Hide, > or the like, to use just one checkbox. We better put the options (o) > Sequentially and ( ) Alphabetically in a "Sort" menu. It also allows to add > later other criteria such as ( ) Length or ( ) Complexity (kinda ironic, > IIRC I was against the alphabetical sorting). Separate patch or keep this one open and do it here?
Follow-up in bug 160951