We can add tab characters in the Footnotes/Endnotes Settings, as a workaround for the right aligned footnote numbering of French and Hungarian typesetting, and save/load in ODT files (see Bug 65515), but the Footnotes/Endnotes Settings window removes these tabs after a new opening.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=67bb43c8ccc3270bd1a0dbf4300e39ec2e9f296b fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings (Begin/After) The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Committed solution: tab characters converted to the notation \t, and conversely in the dialog window, test file attached to the Bug 65515.
Created attachment 80747 [details] screenshot selected regions: right and left aligned tab positions of the paragraph style Footnote on the ruler; right aligned footnote numbering; tab characters with the new \t notation in Footnote settings.
Created attachment 80748 [details] test document Test document. See the problem and its fix in the Tools » Footnote/Endnote settings window.
Testing: 1. Open the attached test document. 2. Choose Tools » Footnote/Endnote settings window. 3. Click on OK. With the fix, LibreOffice keeps the right aligned footnote numbering.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-1": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=c0ec2caf1b35c5bc296f0ce86082eb0a6e2b19b2&h=libreoffice-4-1 fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings (Begin/After) It will be available in LibreOffice 4.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-0": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=0d583c89697cb2349d125becc14bc8a8b56d6bc8&h=libreoffice-4-0 fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings (Begin/After) It will be available in LibreOffice 4.0.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Andras Timar committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-1": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/help/commit/?id=702b7c31afda76b683c24ca5b6ea4c75fcc02198&h=libreoffice-4-1 fdo#65666 help text for right aligned footnote numbers It will be available in LibreOffice 4.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Andras Timar committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/help/commit/?id=50f2902dc9d125c6ab5b379d5389364bb7bdf09c fdo#65666 help text for right aligned footnote numbers The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=0b67caf467c2243086f4ad29415d6d95f58838db fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings of sections, too The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-1": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=f46a894687be63e29d556621c278b909d417f6fc&h=libreoffice-4-1 fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings of sections, too It will be available in LibreOffice 4.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-0": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=78c6f41401da08d27301d09d3d04ad01cb6df939&h=libreoffice-4-0 fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings of sections, too It will be available in LibreOffice 4.0.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Andras Timar committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-0": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=595d667e64c1559b51ce407f6893b51014bdc11d&h=libreoffice-4-0 Revert "fdo#65666 keep tab characters in footnote settings of sections, too" It will be available in LibreOffice 4.0.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Laszlo Nemeth committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-4-0": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=5a246765fced0099ae9071c8df98636638ee0b18&h=libreoffice-4-0 fdo#65666 keep tabs in footnote settings of sections (backport) It will be available in LibreOffice 4.0.5. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.