[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 88066] UI status line insert/overwrite mode display broken

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88066

Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoff
                   |                            |ice.org,
                   |                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org
           Keywords|bibisectRequest, regression |needsUXEval
           Severity|normal                      |minor
            Version|4.0.6.2 release             |3.6.0.4 release

--- Comment #8 from Buovjaga <ilmari.lauhakangas at libreoffice.org> ---
Bibisected with 43all Linux repo to range
https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+log/67ff63988f3b8eef2cc2b5bdf917918b93c3f070..877c96a601e6e50d0c7a8f704d57baec22f089c5
This certainly jumps out:
https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/b30e202861e9bdba4d86e76ba8a6f059da8efc31%5E%21/

> status bar: INSRT/OVER -> 'Overwrite' shown only when in overwrite mode.
> 
> Idea by Mirek M. - thank you!  Additionally introduced a tooltip showing more
verbose text when in overwrite mode.

So this is not a bug, but a feature. Nobody updated the documentation to match
the change.

Due to this problem the topic might be discussed by the UX team again after
these 8 years:
(In reply to Peter Eisentraut from comment #0)
> Obviously, this is highly weird.  Also, since there is no "Insert" key on OS
> X, enabling overwrite mode is a bit difficult.

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