[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 139749] UI - Improve workflow regarding the thesaurus function: ability to type immediately after dialog window opens.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139749

--- Comment #2 from renaudbussieres at gmail.com <renaudbussieres at gmail.com> ---
Hello,thanks for your reply. I tested further. Here is what I found.

In LibreOffice Writer, if my cursor is anywhere in a paragraph, and I type
Ctrl+F7, it opens the Thesaurus with the "Active word" being the word where my
cursor is. Then I can use the Up and Down arrow on my keyboard, or the mouse,
to select an alternative word. This works fine.

Now if I'm on a new line, a new paragraph block, and I press Ctrl+F7, since
there is no "active word", there is nothing for the Thesaurus to look up yet.
In that case, my point was that I was expecting to be able to type right away a
query word, but since the focus is not automatically on the textbox where the
"active word" usually is, I have to use to the mouse to click on the textbox,
and then type.

Like I said previously, this is a minor workflow issue. You might think it is a
rare case, but it happened to me a few times... I guess it comes from my
understanding of the Thesaurus tool. I now understand that its primary intent
is to lookup an "active" word, and it works well in that manner. I was looking
at it more like a general thesaurus look up tool. Now, my point is that when
there is no active word (the cursor being on a new line), it would be
convenient to have the possibility to open the Thesaurus tool and type right
away a query word, without having to click on the textbox.

I hope this is clear, English isn't my first language. Thanks again!

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