[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 135110] ENHANCEMENT: Right Click context menu in the style inspector to modify style

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135110

--- Comment #16 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #15)
> The "edit/delete single values" needs consideration. Because there are both
> DF and styles there; do you suggest to allow editing both?

I want to elaborate on what makes me cautious about this specific aspect.

SI is a tool used in a place of current cursor. Its natural/intended use case
is when someone inspects some place to understand why a visible result is
produced. And it's reasonable to expect that user wants to "fix" something when
the problem is identified.

But it is the focus on a specific place that makes it dangerous to allow
editing individual parameters of styles here: user might be tempted to "tweak
this little thing here", to get the wanted result, only to see (or not see!)
that it broke the things elsewhere - because it was a *style* that was changed.
Only allowing to open style dialog when changing style properties could
emphasize that it's style that is being changed (so the change has
document-wide consequences)...

So it all is not so simple as "give me that innocent-looking tool NOW!!!!". It
all needs consideration.

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