Description: When I am using LO Writer 24.2.4, with the Tabbed Interface, I have found that the "Field" (“Campo” in Spanish) Options Menu is repeated under the "Insert" Tab (“Insertar” in Spanish) and under the "References" Tab (“Referencias” in Spanish), as we can see in the screenshot that I have attached today with this report. This generates doubts and confusion among us users about the differences in usage under one tab or the other. Also because I believe that there should not be repeated or duplicated elements or components in the interface. This affects the entire LO Writer 24.2.X branch and possibly the future version (24.8) being developed. I do not know if this duplicate component is reproduced in the versions of LO 24.2.X configured in other languages, but at least in the Spanish version it does happen. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open LibreOffice Writer 24.2.4. in Spanish. 2. Activate the Tabbed Interface view (View menu ----> User Interface ----> Tabbed). 3. Observe and compare the items under the Insert (“Insertar” in Spanish) and References (“Referencias” in Spanish) tabs. There we can see that the "Field" (“Campo” in Spanish) Options Menu exists under both tabs, this means, it is repeated in both tabs. For a better visual understanding it is recommended to see the screenshot attached with this report. Actual Results: We can see how the "Field" Options Menu appears repeated both in the "Insert" Tab and also under the "References" Tab as we can see in the screenshot attached to this report. Expected Results: Remove the "Field" Options Menu from one of the two tabs where it is duplicated (preferably from the "References" Tab), unless it is strictly necessary to keep that set of options always repeated in both positions. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: [Information automatically included from LibreOffice] Locale: es Module: TextDocument [Information guessed from browser] OS: Windows (All) OS is 64bit: yes
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I confirm the described behaviour (also with English UI), but I can't assess, if it is expected or not. I would expect it in both menu entries. So I would say NOTABUG Realted to bug 127038 comment 7 cc: Heiko for further opinion Version: 24.2.5.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 2ccb78ad6bdfe3f3356a7a7f294ec388775c5816 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Not a heavy user of the MUFFIN NB mode, but I've no issue with the duplicated 'Field' button currently on both the 'Insert' and 'References' tabs. It makes sense with either workflow--inserting a desired field, or using field objects in reference layout. Though if it were to be pruned, I'd drop it from references tab.
We have similar trouble with the classic interface where the root nodes are Insert and Edit and you may wonder which one to use. With the heavy control on the Notebookbar it's admittedly even worse and I tend to agree with the request.
We discussed the topic in the design meeting. Having the command on two tabs is not much of an issue but it is also available via context menu, and this could be removed. Code pointer: sw/uiconfig/swriter/ui/notebookbar.ui <object class="GtkMenuItem" id="MenuReference-InsertFieldCtrl">...</object> (the command is .uno:InsertFieldCtrl) Note: Tools > Customization allows to hide items from the Notebookbar.