[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 117233] New: 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

            Bug ID: 117233
           Summary: Editing: Numbering restarts from 1 where it should
                    continue from previous list
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.2.1 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: muesliflyer at nexgo.de

How to produce the bug:

1. Create a set of paragraphs, e.g.:

Para
para
para
para
para
para

2. Select the first three paras and press Toggle Numbered List (F12) button:

    1. Para
    2. para
    3. para
para
para
para

3. Select the next three paras and press Toggle Numbered List (F12) button:

    1. Para
    2. para
    3. para
    1. para
    2. para
    3. para

Note how numbering restarts from 1 in the fourth para, which it should not
(IMHO). It seems that the second set of paras forms a new numbered set.
Expected behavior: numbering should continue: 4. 5. 6. or else the fourth para
should have Restart numbering property set to true.

4. Position cursor in fourth para. Open Format Paragraph dialog - Outline and
Numbering tab. Note how Numbering:Restart at this paragraph is not checked
although numbering in fact restarts from 1. I.e., it is not evident for the
user why numbering restarts from 1.

5. Open context menu (right mouse button). Note how Restart numbering is not
highlighted.

6. Open context menu and select Continue previous numbering. Note how this para
gets number 4 but the following paras start with number 1. Expected behavior:
the following paras should get numbers 5 and 6.

    1. Para
    2. para
    3. para
    4. para
    1. para
    2. para

It seems that the fourth para has been added to the first numbered set and it
has been removed from the second numbered set.

This doesn't seem to be a big issue, but if you've got a lot of unnumbered
paragraphs in between the numbered ones, it is not easy to achieve a
consecutive numbering of the numbered paras other than manually executing
Continue previous numbering for all of them. It is not clear (to me) why there
are two sets of numbered paras and what is the reason that numbering starts
from 1 in the fourth para even though Restart Numbering is not set and all
paras are at the same level. It might be reasonable that numbering restarts at
1 in my Step 3, but then the Restart numbering property should be set.

This issue seems to be related to bugs 36220 and 75497. It is not clear what
starts a new set of numbered paras other than the Restart numbering property.

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