[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 156455] Allow toggling repeating-header property of a row in row context menu

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156455

--- Comment #2 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1)
> You can use the main menu Table > Header Rows Repeat Across Pages

No, I can't. That either clears the set of repeating rows, or sets it. It does
not toggle the selected row's membership in that set.


> or the
> table properties dialog with Text Flow > Repeat Heading [  ]. 

So, that can be done, but

1. Users are likely not to be aware - momentarily or at all - of that
possibility
2. That particular control, and even its tab, are not directly linked from the
context menu.
3. It is much more inconvenient to have to work with a modal table-scope dialog
to toggle something for a certain row, when instead you're already in that
row's context menu.

And best of all - this will allow an indication of whether the row is a
repeating table heading row or not!

> It bloats the menu 

Seriously? The context menu for a (single, full) selected row has:

* A "Clone formatting" item
* A "Next" item, which does nothing
* A "Previous" item, which does nothing
* A list submenu, almost meaningless for a row
* An "Edit Formula" item
* A submenu entry for deleting the table
* A submenu entry for "deleting columns", which is almost meaningless in this
context
* 3 submenu entry regarding Column width, again almost meaningless
* 3 submenu entry regarding column insertion, again almost meaningless
* A style submenu

but this toggle is bloat? Come on...


> and creates the expectation that any row can be a header.

Ah, on the contrary! Because you will not be able to make the toggle if the row
is not the first one that's not currently a repeating header row.

> If you desperately need this command in the context menu you may customize
> it locally.

With the logic I'm asking for - I can't.

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