[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125280] Footer can not be made to appear only on the first page after it has been filled with content (see c8 for solution)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125280

--- Comment #16 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #8)
> If this will be included we can in fact think about a different UI.

If what will be included? LibreOffice already includes the functionality that
the future standard will standardize. And IIUC, the standardized behavior fully
matches what is implemented in LO, no more, no less... please correct me if I
am wrong.

> (o) No Footer/Header
> 
> ( ) Footer/Header equally on all pages
> ( ) Footer/Header different for left/right pages
>     [x] Extra footer/header on first page
> 
> ( ) Footer/Header only on the first page

So, looking at this, I see problems:
1. The "[x] Extra footer/header on first page" looks like (a) it applies
exclusively to "( ) Footer/Header different for left/right pages" (while in
fact, it applies to both options above it); and (b) its wording makes
impression as if unchecking it *removes* the header from the first page (while
in reality, it makes first page header same as other pages). Or - alternative
reading of the wording: "in addition to standard header, first page will get
second extra header"? :-)
2. "( ) Footer/Header only on the first page" is impossible.

I feel that current UI is ~optimal. It leaves no doubt that the only two
possible states are (1) header absent (on all pages of this style), and (2)
header present (on all pages of the style). It makes no doubt that the other
two checkboxes are independent on each other (you may independently choose
different l/r and different first page); and they explicitly only speak about
different/same *content*, not presense. Any other, more fine-grained control
over the headers/footers should only be done using different page styles, which
gives invinite power in that regard.

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