[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 137298] Should only show Edit Fields dialog for date/time fields inserted from Docinformation tab and where appropriate show File - General - Properties - Description

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=137298

--- Comment #15 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Sascha Z from comment #14)
> (In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #13)
> > No. There are multiple questions here and there regarding modifications of
> > that data on demand ... so it's OK to have that button, and then - to use it
> > consistently, as suggested in comment 11.
> 
> Using the Edit button inside the author section to edit document properties
> was exactly what I suggest on the last UX-meeting. But this was rejected for
> the reasonable concept an (initial) author shouldn't be altered.

Is "author section" what is "Document" tab has, named "Author", with "Name" and
"Initials" under "Select"? Then the UX meeting decision was wrong. Because the
type "Author", amusingly, does not mean "author of the document" - the latter
is under "Created" on DocInformation tab. The discussed "Author" type on
"Document" tab is about ... current user, and modifying it at any time is fine.
(But of course, the field name likely needs attention to become more correct.)

> Do you know any other suggestions for using this very button?

No; but I don't think we need more suggestions. Simply when any field uses some
property available elsewhere, the Edit button *should* be used to open that
place directly; that's how it was designed.

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