[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 52069] Help says F9 updates cross-references. Not so; does not work in Mac

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52069

--- Comment #4 from Roman Eisele <bugs at eikota.de> 2012-07-15 16:44:41 PDT ---
@Lou:
Thank you very much for your background information!

I think that we should split this issue.

(a) The F-key issue:
That F9 does not work is IMHO a MacOS X issue, I mean, the problem is that
MacOS X "caches" the F9 event and interprets it as "reveal all open windows" --
therefore, LibreOffice does not receive the F9 key event at all, and therefore
can't handle it. It should be possible to change this behaviour in the MacOS X
System Preferences, but don't ask me how exactly -- Apple has changed the
handling of F-keys and keyboards several times in the last updates of MacOS X,
and I did not catch up with these changes :-( But some MacOS X support expert
should be able to tell us what to do.

(b) The documentation issue (your point (1)):
As I already wrote in comment #1, you are definitely right that the LibreOffice
help for this action is incomplete and inappropriate! *This* should get fixed
soon.

(c) Changing the shortcut (your point (2)):
> And (2) if user wants to devise keyboard shortcut, can that be done?
Yes, I think so ;-) Open any Writer document. Then select from the menu bar
"Tools > Customize ...". In the dialog window which appears, entitled
"Customize", select the 2nd tab ("Keyboard"). At the top right, check "Writer"
(instead of "LibreOffice"). In the list "Shortcut keys", search for "F9", next
to which you should find "Fields", and click on the button "Delete" at the
right -- because F9 does not work anyway, we can remove this key. Then, in the
list "Category" at the bottom left, select "Edit"; then, in the list "Function"
at the bottom, select the first entry called "Field" (I see "Field" two times,
don't ask me why!). Now select in the list "Shortcut keys" at the top any free
entry you want to use; I used Cmd+Y to test. Now click on the button "Modify"
at the right. You should now see the Command "Field" associated to the keyboard
shortcut you selected (again in the list "Shortcut keys"). Click "OK". At least
for me, Cmd+Y correctly updates all fields now, including the cross-references.

(d) Improvements to UI (your point (3)):
> A nice touch would be an "update" option under "Cross-reference."
A good idea; please file a separate bug report for this, and set the
"Importance" field in this report to "enhancement", to make clear that this is
an enhancement request.

(e) Improvements to terminology (your point (4)):
I agree with you that "Fields" is an example of strange terminology, however,
I'm not in the position to decide this. The best thing to do would be to

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