Bug 87711 - SIDEBAR: Styles & Formatting: Easy access to duplicate a style
Summary: SIDEBAR: Styles & Formatting: Easy access to duplicate a style
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Sidebar-Styles
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Reported: 2014-12-25 15:58 UTC by Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
Modified: 2017-11-27 09:33 UTC (History)
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Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2014-12-25 15:58:15 UTC 
While in the styles and formatting dialog, the right-click context menu gives you easy access create a new, modify and delete a style, but no easy access to duplicate one. It isnt a problem when you are in a style category which lets you inherit from another style, but when for example you are in page styles list and i want to have a duplicate copy of 'Default Style', it isnt easy.
Comment 1 Cor Nouws 2014-12-28 20:18:39 UTC 
Love this one.
(I see a link already with duplicate Master slides in Impress ;) )

Cor
Comment 2 Francisco 2014-12-30 06:54:45 UTC 
(In reply to Jay Philips from comment #0)
> It isnt a problem when you are in a style category
> which lets you inherit from another style, but when for example you are in
> page styles list and i want to have a duplicate copy of 'Default Style', it
> isnt easy.

Bug 41316 has been already filled for the case of page styles.
Comment 3 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2014-12-30 13:15:13 UTC 
(In reply to Francisco from comment #2)
> Bug 41316 has been already filled for the case of page styles.

That bug goes into hierarchical parent-child relationships support for page styles, which would also be a great addition.
Comment 4 Francisco 2015-01-04 19:03:30 UTC 
(In reply to Jay Philips from comment #3)
> (In reply to Francisco from comment #2)
> > Bug 41316 has been already filled for the case of page styles.
> 
> That bug goes into hierarchical parent-child relationships support for page
> styles, which would also be a great addition.

Yes, but it think they are related: it is possible to duplicate styles of all styles that allow to be hierarchical.
Comment 5 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2015-01-05 01:13:47 UTC 
(In reply to Francisco from comment #4)
> Yes, but it think they are related: it is possible to duplicate styles of
> all styles that allow to be hierarchical.

No doubt that they are related, though by hierarchy the child style only has to store the difference between it and the parent and with non-hierarchy it stores all the style settings. :D
Comment 6 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2016-08-25 04:21:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Cor Nouws 2016-09-19 16:33:18 UTC 
Why component Writer? Calc, Impress, Draw ... all use styles
Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2016-09-19 20:09:45 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)
Comment 9 Heiko Tietze 2017-11-27 09:33:24 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)