[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 123967] Reference of Input Field (Variables) cannot be edited after creation; edit box for Reference in fact changes the fields' string

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123967

--- Comment #4 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #0)

> (2) makes Reference uneditable after creation - user can only re-create the
> field if one needs to change the Reference string.

Please forgive me, if I am telling you what you already know but....

A.  To edit your creation. 

1. Select the field where you want to change "Reference".
2. Use Variables Tab  (not right-click, Edit field, but Insert - Fields - More
Fields, etc.)
3. Change value of "Reference"
4. Click Insert, then click OK on the "Review Fields" dialog box

Now you can double click on the field to confirm that you have changed what
appears in the "Reference" field in "Review Fields"

B.  My explanation/hypothesis.

Reference has two different meanings here.

In the Edit field dialog, "reference" = value of the variable assigned to the
field.  (which is how you can change the value shown in the field)

In the "Review Fields" dialog, "reference"  =  "a message to the user" and this
is controlled by the "reference" in the Variables tab.

My suggestion to rename that "Reference" to "Query" in comment 2 would help to
reduce some of this misunderstanding.  


Beyond that -- you have probably seen that the work flow is a little clumsy
here.

Maybe the "Apply" button could be used (and make more sense than "insert") --
but it is greyed out in my version -- and without popping up the "Review
Fields" window. (because the value is visible in the Field dialog box, so no
need for review!)

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