Description: I think that the Navigation Panel is just okay. I would love a feature that mimics Microsoft Word's Outline mode. A few ways that Word's Outline Mode is better than the navigation panel: 1) You can type and edit text as though it is on the document area. 2) You can drag and drop headers very easily, placing them into higher or lower hierarchies easily as well. 3) Content within the headers that are dragged move with it (Outline Folding View mode in LibreWriter doesn't do this). 4) Easy to see and understand 'shape' bullets that change with each hierarchy. 5) You can customize how many levels deep the Outline Mode lets you see. Actual Results: n/a Expected Results: n/a Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: n/a
(In reply to LT from comment #0) > A few ways that Word's Outline Mode is better than the navigation panel: > 1) You can type and edit text as though it is on the document area. > 2) You can drag and drop headers very easily, placing them into higher or > lower hierarchies easily as well. > 3) Content within the headers that are dragged move with it (Outline Folding > View mode in LibreWriter doesn't do this). > 4) Easy to see and understand 'shape' bullets that change with each > hierarchy. > 5) You can customize how many levels deep the Outline Mode lets you see. Each one of these should get its own report with a description. Screenshots (perhaps annotated, if the goal is a mockup) and links to references may help. You can repurpose this report to be about one of the topics. Check existing reports about Outline folding and Navigator before creating the new ones: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=135310&hide_resolved=1 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=103030&hide_resolved=1
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #1) > (In reply to LT from comment #0) > > A few ways that Word's Outline Mode is better than the navigation panel: > > 1) You can type and edit text as though it is on the document area. > > 2) You can drag and drop headers very easily, placing them into higher or > > lower hierarchies easily as well. > > 3) Content within the headers that are dragged move with it (Outline Folding > > View mode in LibreWriter doesn't do this). > > 4) Easy to see and understand 'shape' bullets that change with each > > hierarchy. > > 5) You can customize how many levels deep the Outline Mode lets you see. > > Each one of these should get its own report with a description. Screenshots > (perhaps annotated, if the goal is a mockup) and links to references may > help. You can repurpose this report to be about one of the topics. > > Check existing reports about Outline folding and Navigator before creating > the new ones: > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree. > cgi?id=135310&hide_resolved=1 > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree. > cgi?id=103030&hide_resolved=1 Clarifying: Request is for the implementation of a feature similar to Microsoft Word's Outline View. This is not a request to modify the existing Navigation panel or Outline Folding options. Video examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vTfKJVqt3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8EwtytfEI&t=260s
(In reply to LT from comment #0) > 1) You can type and edit text as though it is on the document area. Why is this needed? > 2) You can drag and drop headers very easily, placing them into higher or > lower hierarchies easily as well. You can use the buttons above or the shortcuts ctrl+arrows to change the level and the position of headings. > 3) Content within the headers that are dragged move with it (Outline Folding > View mode in LibreWriter doesn't do this). The outline folding affects the document and not the Navigator. And moving a chapter up/down of course takes its content with it. > 4) Easy to see and understand 'shape' bullets that change with each > hierarchy. I don't understand "shape bullets". Do you mean the +/- and quote signs? How about the opposite view: these controls add a lot of noise, require more space, and distract from the navigation purpose. > 5) You can customize how many levels deep the Outline Mode lets you see. The buttons above the tree allow this too. Sorry if my reply sounds dismissive but requests with "make it like Microsoft does" miss the point of use cases. We allow to always interact with the Navigator, that is also more than just an outline view. Don't you agree this is superior to what Microsoft offers? There is nothing to say against a "distraction free" outline mode to enter the document structure before writing the actual text. But it is not the same workflow.