[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 109041] New: Search to find Bibliography entries should be improved

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109041

            Bug ID: 109041
           Summary: Search to find Bibliography entries should be improved
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 5.3.2.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: bbaten at gmail.com

A reference to a Bibliography entry can be created in two ways:

1. Insert
2. Table of Contents, Index, or Bibliography
3. Type: Bibliography
3. Tab: Type
4. Brackets []

5. Insert
6. Table of Contents, Index, or Bibliography
7. Bibliography Entry
8. Select Short name from drop down menu
9. Insert

When you want to find a Bibliography entry in a long document you will have to
do this manually by scanning through all pages of the document. It does not
appear to be possible to perform a search of the type [10]. Hence, finding
entries becomes very time consuming in large documents. 

A slightly less consuming way to find entries is the following manner:

1. Insert
2. Table of Contents, Index, or Bibliography
3. Type: Bibliography
3. Tab: Type
4. Brackets [none] <<---

5. Insert
6. Table of Contents, Index, or Bibliography
7. Bibliography Entry
8. Select Short name from drop down menu
9. Insert

In this way you can at least perform a search on the [ bracket, but it is still
very time consuming in large documents.

I suggest to implement a search capability covering also Bibliographic entries.
This would allow, for example, searches of type [10] and 10. An alternative
would be to show the entries in Navigator to allow jumping to the reference of
the Bibliography entry in the document.

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