[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116382] New: UI: Border and background dialog of header and footer drop-down menu should open the dialog of Page style > Header > 'More' button

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116382

            Bug ID: 116382
           Summary: UI: Border and background dialog of header and footer
                    drop-down menu should open the dialog of Page style >
                    Header > 'More' button
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: thomas.lendo at gmail.com

There are 2 ways to format a header/footer:

A) Page style dialog sub-window:
1. Open a new text document.
2. Click at Insert > Header and Footer > Header > Default Style.
3. Click into the header area.
4. Click at the blue header drop-down menu.
5. Select 'Format Header...'.
6. The Header tab of the Page Style dialog opens, click the 'More' button.
7. A dialog window with 3 tabs opens: Borders, Area, Transparency.

This dialog window is streamlined, has the same dimensions as the Page style
dialog window and includes the current improved Area tab implementation.

B) 'Border and Background...' dialog window:
1. Click back into the header area.
2. Click at the blue header drop-down menu.
3. Select 'Border and Background...'.
4. A dialog window with 2 tabs opens: Borders, Background.

This dialog seems one from older days and doesn't include neither the
Transparency tab nor the new implementation of the Area tab.

Actual result:
2 different dialog windows and one of them is outdated and provides less
options than the other dialog window.

Expected result:
Clicking at the 'More' button of the Header tab of the Page Style dialog should
open the identical dialog that opens when clicking at blue header drop-down
menu > 'Border and Background...'.


I don't know the technical reasons why there are 2 different implementations
for a UI that provides a nearly identical solution for the user.

Suggestion:
Drop the dialog window that opens after clicking at 'Border and Background...'
and--instead of that--show the dialog window that opens when clicking at the
'More' button in the Page style dialog.

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