[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 56258] FORMATTING: Default TABs for numbered list inappropriate, 2-digits Numbers exceed first TAB position

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Sat Feb 17 14:44:51 UTC 2018


https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56258

Buovjaga <todventtu at suomi24.fi> changed:

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--- Comment #14 from Buovjaga <todventtu at suomi24.fi> ---
(In reply to RGB from comment #13)
> IMO, the problem here is not a bug, but a poor default choice. 
> 
> By default, lists have two tab stops, the first one to indicate number
> position and alignment and the second one to indicate first line indent for
> text. The first tab for numbers is aligned "to the left" and that means that
> when the number is wider than the space left by the indent tab the text get
> pushed to the right. The easiest solution to this problem is to change the
> alignment for the number's tab stop to be aligned to the right, so instead
> of 
> 
>   9.   Text
>   10.  Text
> 
> which is the current default behaviour, you get a nicer list like
> 
>    9.  Text
>   10.  Text
> 
> which is the default behaviour of lists in LaTeX.
> 
> So maybe this bug report could be changed into a feature request to change
> the default value for numbering alignment on lists.

Let's ask UX.

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