[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 122564] New: [Wishlist, UX] Allow deleting horizontal lines by backspacing from the end of the line

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122564

            Bug ID: 122564
           Summary: [Wishlist, UX] Allow deleting horizontal lines by
                    backspacing from the end of the line
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: haarek at protonmail.ch

When deleting characters the user will positioning the cursor at the END of the
character and then press backspace, but for horizontal lines created with 3
dashes (---) that rule don't count and the user will instead have to place the
cursor in FRONT (or top) of the horizontal line to have it deleted.

Seems easy enough in theory, but when helping people getting started with
LibreOffice Writer I've observed that this feels very unnatural and is commonly
causing much confusion. For example the user will first try and place the
cursor at the end of the horizontal line or the bottom of it and press
backspace, but when that don't work they will either start digging through the
menus in a search for a solution or try highlighting the horizontal line and
press Enter hoping their selection will overwrite the line (which really
creates even more horizontal lines instead).

A handful of examples found on the web:
- https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=76971
- https://superuser.com/questions/802324/libreoffice-delete-solid-line
-
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/64246/how-do-you-delete-a-horizontal-line/
- https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1948142

It would therefore be super-convenient if the user did not have to place the
cursor in front or top of the line to delete it, but could backspace from the
end of the horizontal line as they are expecting.

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