[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 138628] ClearDirectFormatting does not remove page break

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138628

--- Comment #10 from Octavio Alvarez <octallo at alvarezp.org> ---
To add complexity to the matter, the page break formatting attribute can also
be set by using Insert > Page Break (Insert menu, not Format menu). Also, they
can be removed by either pressing Backspace with the cursor after the page
break or Delete with the cursor before the page break. This make page breaks
seem like they are inserted objects as opposed to a formatting attribute. Think
that formatting attributes like "align left" or "bold" can't typically be
erased by pressing Backspace or Delete.

So, internally (content.xml), page breaks are a formatting attribute, but the
UI currently offers them under two concepts: as a formatting attribute (Styles,
Format > Paragraph...) but also as objects (Insert > Page Break,
backspace/delete). Both map to the same thing.

For users that think of them as objects and not as formatting attributes it
would be unexpected to have Clear Direct Formatting erase them; much more if
they don't use Styles.

This just means that, unfortunately, whatever decision is made will break the
expectation of a different set of users.

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