[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 89960] Suggestion to Change Style Behavior in Relation to Direct Formatting

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89960

Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85 at hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85 at hotmail.com> ---
This is definitely a complex decision to make when deciding what the default
behaviour should be, as some users would want it one way and others would like
it another way, and even worse is that some users would want it one way one
time and another way another time. :D

As a basic style user, meaning i only use the styles that come preconfigured,
for me, i would expect that LO wouldnt overwrite/remove things that i have
specifically set. Like if i have set text using direct formatting, i would
dislike that applying a paragraph style would overwrite that direct formatting.

(In reply to Joel Madero from comment #9)
> I agree that case #2 (which seems to be the one you're referring to) is much
> more complex - although I think the dialog option would allow the same
> functionality that currently exists but increase functionality for people
> like me who expect styles to be consistently applied.

Not sure if showing a dialog would be the way to go, and instead a checkbox or
drop down menu in the options dialog would be the better option for power/style
users to set.

(In reply to John Russell from comment #11)
> For example often you are working with documents created elsewhere. Power
> users need to be able to apply styles over existing direct formatting. 

Yes we need better tools for power/style users to use to make it easy for them
to not only create styled documents but also convert direct formatting
documents into styled document.

This discussion make me think about Wordperfect's reveal codes feature (bug
34002) as well as the improved styles and formatting tab in the sidebar (bug
90646), as both would be beneficial to power/style users.

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