[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 140579] It's unclear, how "Continue previous numbering" should work

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140579

Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> changed:

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                 CC|                            |mikekaganski at hotmail.com,
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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement

--- Comment #1 from Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze at documentfoundation.org> ---
Lists with the same style (eg. "Numbering 123") continue the numbering over the
document unless restarted (the opposite, to always restart and continue on
demand, was discussed in the past and rejected). Using a different list style
starts a new numbering.

The toggle numbering on/off generates new list styles every time, which is the
expectation of Benjamins, while the widget opens with a bunch of predefined
styles that continue (the Eve use-case). Having both use cases in one control
is convenient but OTOH also misleading.

Continuation and restarting the numbering are not mutually exclusive options
but rather commands that can be applied at any time (actually Restart is an
attribute: a list of 1,2,3 being restarted before 3 making it 1,2,1 can be
extended to be 1,2,3,..,1). The "Continue previous numbering" command works on
different list styles and overrides the current style with the previous one.

The logic is not simple but once you understand it makes sense. The only
improvement I can see is to disable commands that not apply (first list in the
document, no different styles etc.). But the effort sounds rather high compared
to low benefit.

Perhaps we can do something with tooltips. What do you think, Seth?

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