[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 34942] Auto fill in Hyperlink Dialog difficult to use

[bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org]

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34942

Rainer Bielefeld <LibreOffice at bielefeldundbuss.de> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Summary|Copy and Paste fails when   |Auto fill in Hyperlink
                   |creating hyperlinks         |Dialog difficult to use
                 CC|                            |kendy at suse.cz,
                   |                            |LibreOffice at bielefeldundbus
                   |                            |s.de

--- Comment #1 from Rainer Bielefeld <LibreOffice at bielefeldundbuss.de> 2011-03-02 23:48:52 PST ---
[Reproducible] with "LibreOffice 3.3.1  - WIN7  Home Premium (64bit) English UI
 [OOO330m19 (build 8 / tag 3.3.1.2)]"

Steps to reproduce:
1. copy / paste complete text of reporter's step 2 into a new blank writer
   document
2. make sure that the hyperlink is a real working hyperlink, not only text

Now we will try to get the hyperlink into text "Death Risk Rankings"

4. Select text "Death Risk Rankings" (using mouse)
5. Menu "Insert Hyperlink"
   Dialog opens, Tex will be already inserted into Text pane, that's
comfortable
6. leave dialog open
7. only for testing, selecct some text by mouse or simply move the cursor caret 
   through the document. Dialog text pane always will show welected text, 
   not the text of the caret position (so Text pane will become empty as soon 
   as you start moving caret through document)
8. Reselct  text "Death Risk Rankings"
9. Click into Target pane
10. Click on hyplerink "http://www.deathriskrankings.com/tutorial2.aspx"
    Expected: should be inserted into target pane
    Actual: as expected, but additionally
       unexpected: Text pane also fille dwith hyperlink, 
                   Linked web page became opened in browser.

I did lots of tests, but I did not succeed in using autofill to fill Text pane
with text and additionally Target pane with hyperlink

Currently the autofill function only works if caret position is in a word with
a "hidden" hyperlink when you open the hyperlink dialog:
- Text word will be shown in Text pane
- Hyperlink will be shown in Hyperlink pane
But IMHO that's only nice information, but not usable for creation of new
hyperlinks 

My Summary:
- Help should contribute information concerning auto fill
- Auto difficult to use, you only can fill 1 pane with this function, other 
  one has to be filled from clipboard 8or manual typing)
- Ideas for a solution:
  - Text pane with contents should not be modified with recognized hyperlink
    or nothing, only with a new plain text selection
  - Target pane with contents should not be modified with recognized plain text
    or nothing, only with a new recognized hyperlink
 - Additionally a Hyperlink should not be executed as long as Dialog is open

@Kendy:
Added you to CC because of Missing Help problem. Any Idea who oculd be the
right one to fix the dialog problem?

@James Ronback:
The ideal place for your (much better) new comment would have been
Bug 34855 - Unable to create hyperlink by copy and paste

-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are the assignee for the bug.