Description: Hi, You are writing something in WRITER. You accidentally hit the 'insert button', and a pop up comes up warning you: "You are switching to the overwrite mode" (plus the description below that) The problem is in the description. It is good! Only it is missing a key info: "you have just hit the insert button". Cause that's why this switching is about to happen. The "user" needs to be informed why this pop up came up warning her or him. In the description, you can read: "Press Insert again to switch back". THIS IS ALSO wrong. Because if the 'user' presses "NO", s/he will NOT enter "overwrite mode". So, s/he hits: "Insert" (then the pop up comes up) Hits: "NO". and hits: "Insert".... What will happen? The pop up will com up again. --------------- Anyway: my suggestion is that we include in the description, at the beginning: "You have just pressed the "insert button", so you're entering overwrite mode". (Without the "the", I mean, not "the overwrite mode" but "overwrite mode".) If this was intentional, press "yes" and work on (in overwrite mode). When you are in overwrite mode, it is indicated in the status bar at the bottom of the window. Plus, the cursor will be "fat", "block cursor". You can always switch back or to by pressing 'Insert'. Something like that. The point is to give the 'user' the info: You have hit the 'insert' button. That's the only thing that really needs to be modified. IMO. Steps to Reproduce: 1. write some text 2. hit the 'insert' button 3. read the pop up warning Actual Results: (BOLD) You are switching to the overwrite mode. (/BOLD) The overwrite mode allows to type over text. It is indicated by a block cursor and at the statusbar. Press Insert again to switch back. Expected Results: You're switching to overwrite mode (because you've hit the 'insert' button). .... The rest could be left unchanged. However, it could be changed, too, for example: The overwrite mode allows to type over text (to replace text with what you type). It is indicated by a 'fat' cursor and also in the statusbar. Press Insert again to switch back. EVEN better would be (IMO): In 'overwrite mode' you overwrite the existing text as you type. 'Overwrite' mode is indicated by a 'fat' cursor (if you're within the text), and also in the statusbar. You can switch to and fro by hitting / pressing 'Insert' again. ................... NOTE: I think using 'Insert' instead of Insert is better in terms of readability. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: [Information automatically included from LibreOffice] Locale: en-GB Module: TextDocument [Information guessed from browser] OS: Linux (All) OS is 64bit: yes
This dialog pops up when the function is activated. This is *usually* associated with Ins key; but it may be re-mapped, or even done using a macro. We already stretch enough to suggest to "press it again"; saying that "you did this", as if we know that triggered it, is too much.
As implemented for bug 155561 at the 24.2 release with https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/153505 putting this back on that BZ as a comment. @Heiko, feedback if you'd care to accept. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 155561 ***