[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116715] New: The visibility of inserted index entries is poor and editing is difficult

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116715

            Bug ID: 116715
           Summary: The visibility of inserted index entries is poor and
                    editing is difficult
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: Heinrich.Hartl at email.de

Created attachment 140990
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=140990&action=edit
Sample text referenced in bugdescription demonstarting poor visibility og index
entries in the document

Working with index can be frustrating because of poor visibility.
In attached document three index entries are defined however there is no
visible hint to locate them.
The behaviour documented here is observed in Writer 6.0.2.1 and earlier
versions.

Turning on field shading helps a little bit. Very small shaded areas give a
hint. But try to find all three... There are only two shaded fields, the third
one has disappeared. I give you a hint: look before the bold words. If no
success delete the tab in front of Excepteur...
Trying to edit such index entries is another nightmare. The navigator is
useless to locate inserted entries. The navigation buttons in the edit index
entries window navigates through the list of entries but there is no way to
navigate to the context where the entry is inserted...
It is not a good idea to blame me for not highlighting a character range before
I inserted the index entry. I did so. However as soon as I change the text in
the entry field this effort is obsoleted. There is no such thing like a short
name used for biblio entries or a marker like the ones used for foot notes. If
I had inserted such a marker myself in the text it would loose its significance
as a marker as soon as I replace the entry text by some meaningful text.
Trying to edit the index entry just before Michelbach I have another problem.
Hoovering over the shaded tiny area I get a tooltip of the index entry. That is
nice and shows me I found the right place. However the context menue does not
include the line to open the index entry for editing. I try to navigate to the
shaded area using the cursor control keys. No success. Only occasionally I get
the context menue with index entry... I couldn't find a reliable procedure for
editing.

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