[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 134590] Insert->Text Box undocumented, and checkmark persists forever(?)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134590

--- Comment #4 from Maxim Monastirsky <momonasmon at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Jim Avera from comment #3)
> This is confusing because it is a wrong usage of English language: "Insert
> Text Box" means to insert a text BOX, not to insert characters (into an
> existing box).
True. In the distant past this command used to be called just "Text", and was
only present in the toolbar, and not in the Insert menu, so there was no
confusion back then. But at some point in time someone decided to add it to the
Insert menu, and to rename it to "Insert Text Box".

> A possible solution might be to make the INSERT menu item label change
> depending on context:
>    
>     If an object is selected, make the label "Text into Object"
>     If no object is selected, make the label "New Text Box"
Changing menu labels dynamically is against the HIG, and we try to avoid it as
much as possible. Another solution I suggested in Bug 131764 comment 5 is to
copy the behavior of Inkscape, and allow drawing new text boxes even when the
edit mode of another text box is active.

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