ATM, when you want to change e.g. the indentation of a paragraph you have to open the dialog, change the desired values and press Ok to see the changes. It would be much nicer, when you could change the values and instantly see the results. The ancient Lotus Ami Pro could already do this.
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This bug is an enhancement request, so I guess it´s ok to move it to NEW.
Created attachment 75629 [details] button, indentation working fine.
I can't reproduce this on LO 4.0. From my experience no menu at all is needed. Just use the buttons on the top and you'll see instant results. Which menu are you referring to? Setting to "WORKSFORME". Please re-open if this is still valid in LO 4.0.
Indentation was just an example. The menu I was referring to is opened when you select some text, right click, and choose the menu item above "cut" (don´t know what it is in English, in German it´s "Absatzvorlage bearbeiten" (perhaps "Format paragraph")). There you can modify multiple aspects of the paragraph that allow way more than just the buttons.
Many formatting actions can be done directly using buttons or acting on the rules (paragraph indentation for example). Doing this way you can see instantly the effect of your action. Please, could you list actions for which you need to open a dialog and it would be nice to see instantly the result of the modification? Best regards. JBF
Yes, you can increase or decrease indentation by using the buttons, but this uses a fixed value. You cannot set the first line indentation to 0,2 cm and the following lines to 0,5 cm by using buttons. You have to use the corresponding dialog and if you want so see what your changes do, you have to close the dialog and then reopen it if you don´t like the changes and want to try other values of indentation.
Closing as WorksForMe because you can using the cursors on the horizontal rule and these cursors have tooltips showing the corresponding indentation values. About "You cannot set the first line indentation to 0,2 cm and the following lines to 0,5 cm by using buttons." in comment #7 that is false because the cursor on the horizontal rule has 2 parts, the upper part is for the first line and the lower part for all lines. Best regards. JBF