Description: Don't number comments in Draw/Impress or make numbering optional Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Draw 2. Insert a number of comments Actual Results: Each comment has a unique number (1; 2; 3) Expected Results: Numbering makes comment easy to identify. Which appears to be helpful. This starts to change, at the point you're using it. Obviously except for people who are very systematic in all-knowing. I tend to add comments in at different objects in arbitrary order. Make modifications to the document and such. The end-result of numbered comments reads as 10; 1; 2; 6; 3; 5 ;7 ; 9 ; 4; 8. So terrible out of order (and really distracting). Without the numbering having any value at all. The only use-case I see is if you want to number objects; with some index; listing the meaning of all objects. But well this is actually an misuse of comments So simply behave as Calc does. A 'dot' (square) without numbering Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 748561425774fa40ab685fed80d113f7e8301158 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
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(In reply to Telesto from comment #0) > So simply behave as Calc does. A 'dot' (square) without numbering But Calc has an intrinsic positional structure and you cannot have two comments on one cell, what is possible with Draw/Impress. Some identification is necessary, and I never got intimidated by the number. => WF
Created attachment 193708 [details] Screenshot (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2) > (In reply to Telesto from comment #0) > > So simply behave as Calc does. A 'dot' (square) without numbering > But Calc has an intrinsic positional structure and you cannot have two > comments on one cell, what is possible with Draw/Impress. Some > identification is necessary, and I never got intimidated by the number. => WF I admit I overlooked the 'insert comment', without moving the comment. So if it's a nice list of 'tabs' which being comments on the slide/page as a whole. Although I'm surprised you being able to identify the the content of a comment by number 1;2;3;4;5? Not something I'm able to do. And surely not for documents authored couple of week back. I tend to identify the comment/relevance by position on the slide/drawing board. Numbering makes look chaotic/erratic without any value. You get the effect as in the screenshot. --- Alternative solution would be a 'comment' truly added to the object (line/shape/image) as meta-data. In a similar fashion as 'Text'/ Alt-Text'. However text/alt-text is actually intended for 'accessibility tools' and invisible (except for accessibility tools). This is actually a comment (note) for the author without visual impairments. Different purpose/goal It's also similar to adding a name to an object; say double clicking a square. Except naming an object is intended to be visible. A comment is hidden property with can be easily accessed
(In reply to Telesto from comment #3) > Alternative solution would be a 'comment' truly added to the object... This is clearly needed. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 52472 ***