[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 52607] New: Writer UI: Terrible usability of AutoText dialog when creating new AutoText

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52607

             Bug #: 52607
           Summary: Writer UI: Terrible usability of AutoText dialog when
                    creating new AutoText
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 3.5.4 release
          Platform: Other
               URL: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=20072
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: gerry.treppel at googlemail.com


The AutoText dialog has quite some usability problems. 

Creating an autotext is particularly difficult and the AutoText dialog is
absolutely not self-explaining in this regard.

How to reproduce:
* Write any text in a Writer document and mark some part of the text.
* Open the AutoText dialog. 
* Where is it possible to add the marked part of the text as AutoText? Behind
the button "AutoText" there is only the option "Import", but no option to add
AutoText. 
* The user then needs to figure out that after he/she adds something in the
field "name", then there is suddendly a new option available behind the
"AutoText" button which allows to "Add" the new AutoText. 

Solution: The usability of the AutoText dialog can be quite easily improved. It
would be good, if there is simply always a button "add new AutoText". The name
and shortcut could be added or changed by the user afterwards.

By the way, also renaming of existing AutoTexts is also implemented
counter-intuitive. If the user changes the name of an existing AutoText, this
simply does not have any effect. The user rather needs to click on the
"AutoText" button, because now behind it there is the new entry to rename
AutoTexts, for which a separate window pops up.

Sorry that my bug description sounds difficult, but that's actually the
situation how the AutoText feature currently is implemented. 

LibreOffice 3.5.4 PPA, Ubuntu 11.10.

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