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title="UNCONFIRMED - EDITING: Inserting a text variable field needs to be more intuitive"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129109">129109</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>EDITING: Inserting a text variable field needs to be more intuitive
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.0.7.3 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>docorbit@sonic.net
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<pre>It is not clear in the UI or LibreOffice help that in order to be able to test
a variable containing a text value for a logic condition, you much choose the
Text format when creating that variable so that the variable is assigned a Text
type, and that leaving it as a General variable will assign the wrong (numeric)
type.
The usability of this needs to be improved.
Demonstration of issue
Steps:
1. Insert variable varA with value "is" (without the quotes)
-- a. Insert > Fields > More fields > Variables > Set Variable
-- b. Name: varA
-- c. Value: is
Alternative 1:
Expected result: Default format General is replaced with Text automatically
Actual result: Default format General remains selected
Alternative 2:
Expected result: Warning appears that the value I entered is not numeric /or/
Warning appears that the value I entered requires the Text format.
Actual result: No indication that anything is amiss.
-- d. Click Insert
Alternative 3:
Expected result: Error dialog that the value and type don't match.
Actual result: Field is inserted with wrong (numeric) type.</pre>
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