[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 141574] New: [Enhancement Request] More customisation options for Foot-/Endnotes

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141574

            Bug ID: 141574
           Summary: [Enhancement Request] More customisation options for
                    Foot-/Endnotes
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.1.2.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: bugs_documentfoundation_org.5.kuru at xoxy.net

Description:
The foot- and endnotes should be more customisable:
- Set general style for foot/endnote
- Set style for in-text footnote link
- Same foot-/endnote can be used multiple times
- Set anchorpoint for endnote
- Preview for style buttons

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
- - - Set general style for foot/endnote - - -
o) See attached image "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote style designstudy.png"
The new things are in red.
The main new thing is the "Style" drop down menu where you could select a style
that is included with Writer or maybe add your own (eg. via addons). I
personally like how Wikipedia is doing their references so I copied this it's
look for my own files. It would be nice if there was a simple and fast way to
do this.

- - - Set style for in-text footnote link - - -
o) See attached image "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote style designstudy.png"
With "Before" and "After" you can only define the look of the endnote. With
this you can not set a default look for the reference number that is in the
text.
o) See attached image "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote style before + after.png"
Here the change was applied, but "Before" and "After" only set the style of the
endnote. Maybe there is a way to do the same thing for the in-text reference
link. If so, I didn't see it. If it exists, it should maybe controllable from
this menu as well. If it does not fit in this tab because it's not an "endnote"
there could be another tab to control this setting.
Right now I have to add the style to every reference link in the text which is
rather tedious.

- - - Same foot-/endnote can be used multiple times - - -
o) See attached image "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote WP example.png" (how it
could be)
o) See attached image "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote same reference.png" (how
it currently is)
The idea is to have one reference that can be linked to multiple places in the
text without the need of creating a new end-/footnote for each use.
On the Wikipedia page you see three paragraphs. The first and the third one
link to the same reference. Both would link to the same entry under the
"References" headline. (a) and (b) represent the different uses of the same
reference. In Writer I don't know of any way how you could insert an endnote
like this (unless you do everything yourself)
The second image shows how it currently is. Even when you copy reference
link-text in the file, it creates a new entry even it says the same. If a
reference is used multiple times in one text it makes the endnote longer even
there is no need for it.

- - - Set anchorpoint for endnote - - -
o) See attached image "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote WP example.png"
This would work the same as "<references/>" on Wikipedia. You can exactly say
where you want to have your endnotes. So far it seems like the endnotes are
placed on the very last page. I did not find any way to change that. If there
is an easy way, it should be represented in the endnote settings menu as well.
It would be nice if you could add an anchor just like the image anchor that you
can drag around.
Example: In my current file I do not want to have the endnotes on the very last
page, but under a specific headline.

- - - Preview for style buttons - - -
In the Foot-/Endnote settings there is the "Styles" part where you have drop
down menus that do something. There is no easy way to tell what it does and
what it effects, neither is there an easy way to quickly see the results.
I know there is
https://help.libreoffice.org/7.1/en-GB/text/swriter/01/06080200.html?System=WIN&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=modules/swriter/ui/endnotepage/EndnotePage
where the settings are described. I don't really understand the information on
the page so I have no idea which part it really effects. I tried a couple of
settings but they didn't seem to change anything.
o) See attached file "LibreOffice - Writer - endnote preview design study.gif"
It would be nice to have some kind of little preview window that you can
clearly see what you are effecting and into what style it would change.
In this GIF I did a small example of what the idea is. As you change values or
hover over the box (eg. "Before", "After" and "Start at") the section is
highlighted as well as the part of the text or endnote that you are going to
change. If you do not change a single character, but the style of an area with
a drop down menu on the right, the whole area of effect would be highlighted.

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