[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 126443] New: Navigator Document-Specific Constancy

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126443

            Bug ID: 126443
           Summary: Navigator Document-Specific Constancy
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.2.4.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: LibreOffice
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: jna3427 at louisiana.edu

Description:
(I filed this on "Ask LibreOffice", they sent me here. 

This is somewhere between a bug and a feature fix/request. I use Navigator for
books and other long documents I am working on. It would be great help if the
Navigator settings were document-specific.

1) Open/Closed Constancy.

If I open Navigator for a file in Writer, every document I open thereafter -
Calc, Slide Show, whatever - has Navigator open, and I have to stop and close
it to open up window space, to see what I'm doing. And vice versa, for
documents where I want it open, it will default to the previous document's
settings. It would be great if my open/closed preferences were saved with each
document. 

And for a new, empty document, I can't see that there is any reason for
Navigator to be open.

2) Drop-Down Constancy.

Much more problematic, when I close a document where I was using Navigator,
when I reopen it, all of my outline is collapsed back to the minimal. I have to
go through the outline opening it back up, in order to be able to see my
headings, and navigate around the document. That may sound trivial, but I
typically work on several long documents at once. Often, I simply want to add a
single insight or an article citation and then close the document. But on
something as long as a book, I may need to open 20 or more chapter headings,
and many more subheadings and even sub-subeadings in order to find my place,
and to figure out where I want the information to go. It is particularly
frustrating.

In effect, I would like Navigator to be better at helping me navigate. Thanks.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a document.
2. Open or close Navigator.
3. Open another document.

Actual Results:
I was irritated.

Navigator settings are global, instead of document-specific.

Expected Results:
I was not irritated.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
See the description above.

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