<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_UNCONFIRMED " title="UNCONFIRMED - Redundancy in Table of Contents and Indexes" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134781#c9">Comment # 9</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_UNCONFIRMED " title="UNCONFIRMED - Redundancy in Table of Contents and Indexes" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134781">bug 134781</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:mikekaganski@hotmail.com" title="Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski@hotmail.com>"> Mike Kaganski</a> <pre>TLDR; the two entries in their first and default mode (Captions) are identical, except for a pre-selection from *numbering range* list. It actually asks for a change. These two two entries in the "Type" selector, namely "Table of Figures" and "Index of Tables", allow two modes of operation (selected using "Create From"): "Captions" and "Object names". These two modes are quite different. In the second mode ("Object names"), the tool actually looks for objects of related category in the document. This mode justifies the distinction between these two entries in the list. But the first operation mode (Captions) seems to make no sense when incorporated as a mode in these two entries, and instead looks natural to be separated into own new entry, like "Table of numbering category" (or somesuch), which would simply allow the user to choose any of existing numbering ranges (also Illustrations or Drawings pre-existing, or just anything that user may create using Insert->Field->More Fields->Variables->Number range, and which already appears there in the ToX dialog's Category list). So currently, if I want to create "Table of Illustrations" or Table of Drawings or Table of Lists (if I decide to make such a number range) ..., I have to open the dialog, and start from either one of these two elements (Table of Figures or Index of Tables, doesn't matter), use the "Captions" mode, and then modify the Category and all. It's not that obvious, and looks like a hack. An own mode, dedicated to list the number range elements seems a good option, at the same time simplifying the UI for the two modes in question. A question whether some/all modes should provide an option to make alphabetical lists with grouping is a separate IMO, and should not be considered along with this one in the same issue. Also a question about having hyperlinks for table lists by default is a separate, with no clear reason not to have them.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>