[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 144733] New: Enhancement: Execute jump to cross-reference target in second window

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144733

            Bug ID: 144733
           Summary: Enhancement: Execute jump to cross-reference target in
                    second window
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.1.5.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: christianw_lehmann at arcor.de

Description:
LO Writer currently has the following feature: The document contains a field
which is a cross-reference to another object in the document. User can click
this field and is taken to the target of the reference. More precisely: The
document window is rewritten so that the target of the cross-reference is shown
and the text cursor is positioned directly after the target. Fine.

Now the user is working on position A of his document and wants to check a
passage in position B which is the target of a cross-reference which is in A.
So he clicks on the cross-reference to jump to B. After inspecting B, he wants
to return to A to continue working there. LO Writer supports this in no way;
the user has to navigate his way back to A by some Ariadne's thread.

This use case is highly frequent in my work. Different solutions to the problem
are conceivable. Ages ago I had suggested one which was ignored. Here is
another suggestion: If there is no second window for the document open, open
it. Execute the leap in the second window. End of the operation.

Currently, the jump to the reference target is executed by a simple click on
it. The jump to the target in the second window could be executed by
CTRL-Click. Or even: If a second window for the document is open, then a simple
click on the cross-reference is always executed in the second window.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have a cross-reference inserted in your document.
2. Click on it.

Actual Results:
Document window is rewritten with cursor on reference target.

Expected Results:
This should happen in a second window on the same document.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
1) I can find no mention of the possibility of jumping to a cross-reference
target by clicking it  in the LibreOffice 7.2 Help. There is a mention in
passing on
https://help.libreoffice.org/6.1/he/text/swriter/guide/references.html.

2) Currently, there is no support for the user who does not want to lose track
of is working position after a jump. Other methods of support than the one
suggested above are conceivable and might be offered in addition.

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