Bug 170156 - Impress: Cannot reset slide names to default
Summary: Impress: Cannot reset slide names to default
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2025-12-28 18:52 UTC by Daniel Collins
Modified: 2026-01-12 03:11 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Collins 2025-12-28 18:52:16 UTC 
Description:
In Impress, slides start with default names of the format "Slide 1", etc., and the numbering is automatically updated if slides are added or moved around. Optionally, a user may click on Slide > Rename Slide... (or other methods) and provide a custom, fixed name to the slide. 

Having done so, there seems to be no way to return the slide name to the default auto-renumbered state. If we click on Slide > Rename Slide... and try to blank it out, this is rejected (fields turns red & OK disabled). Likewise if we try to manually enter "Slide 1" or similar, this is also prohibited.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a new Impress presentation
2. Rename "Slide 1" to "Test Slide"
3. Try to blank out slide name & return to default

Actual Results:
Impossible to return to default slide name.

Expected Results:
Should be able to return to default slide name with auto-numbering behavior.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
I suspect this failure has been around since the inception of Libre Office, when it split slide titles from slide names into distinct fields, circa v. 3.3.0, similar to other slide-name bugs.