[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 117233] Editing: Numbering restarts from 1 where it should continue from previous list

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117233

Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> ---
The "correct" way to make the further paragraphs belong to the already existing
default list is to mark them and then use the command "Continue Previous
Numbering". That works too for lists generated with a list style, although for
the style-named list, you can simple apply the style name to continue the list.

A problem is, that the command  "Continue Previous Numbering" is only available
in the context menu. So one solution can be to make it more prominent. E.g. add
it in in the section Bullet List / Numbered List /... in the Styles menu. And
add it to the drop-downs in the toolbar in addition to the item "More
Numbering" or give it an icon and add it to the toolbar directly (command is
".uno:ContinueNumbering").

I consider it a bug, that LibreOffice behaves different whether you mark the
paragraphs top-bottom or bottom-top. And marking bottom-top to continue the
list works only if the marked paragraph follow immediately the existing list.

A further problem is, that the user cannot easily distinguish, whether he has
created a new list or has continued a list but restarted the numbering, see
remark on "Restart numbering" in the initial report. You can see the
difference, when you click in front of the numbering, so that all numbers,
which belong to the same list are shaded. That distinction is relevant, if you
change the styling of the list, e.g. change "1." to "(1)".
Internally each list has an ID, but in case of the default lists, there is no
name in the field in the status bar. It might help to use "Anonym1",
"Anonym2",... in the status bar for the default lists.

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