Bug 166874 - Footnotes direction does not switch when switching page style
Summary: Footnotes direction does not switch when switching page style
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Footnote-Endnote RTL
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Reported: 2025-06-06 08:58 UTC by Eyal Rozenberg
Modified: 2025-06-06 09:02 UTC (History)
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Description Eyal Rozenberg 2025-06-06 08:58:57 UTC 
Reproduction:

1. Create a Writer document
2. (Ensure that Default Page Style direction is LTR)
3. (Ensure that Footnote paragraph direction Inherit superordinate object)
4. Insert a Footnote
5. Change the Default Page Style direction to RTL

Expected results:

After step (4.), the footnotes appear on the left side of the page.
After step (5.), the footnotes appear on the right side of the page.

Actual results:

After step (4.), the footnotes appear on the left side of the page.
After step (5.), the footnotes remain on the same side.


Note that there's also bug 133818 regarding the footnote separator.
Comment 1 Eyal Rozenberg 2025-06-06 09:01:08 UTC 
Note that every person who introduces footnotes to a right-to-left document in Writer experiences this bug, for every document (unless they use a custom template).

I wonder - what is the superordinate object of footnote paragraphs?
Comment 2 Eyal Rozenberg 2025-06-06 09:02:42 UTC 
Sorry, I mixed up the direction and the alignment.