[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 145114] TEMPLATES: Improve confirmation dialog "Update styles / Keep Old Styles" dialog + If the template has been detached, it is still specified in "File > Properties > General"

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145114

Dieter <dgp-mail at gmx.de> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|If the template has been    |TEMPLATES: Improve
                   |detached, it is still       |confirmation dialog "Update
                   |specified in "File >        |styles / Keep Old Styles"
                   |Properties > General" +     |dialog + If the template
                   |Provide an option to avoid  |has been detached, it is
                   |"Update styles" dialog      |still specified in "File >
                   |window                      |Properties > General"
             Blocks|                            |103314, 108747
         Whiteboard| QA:needsComment            |
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
           Keywords|                            |needsUXEval
                 CC|                            |dgp-mail at gmx.de,
                   |                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org

--- Comment #1 from Dieter <dgp-mail at gmx.de> ---
(In reply to larson from comment #0)
> 1. The first problem is that if you select "Keep Old Styles", this will in
> fact detach the template from the document, so that you won't receive the
> same message "The template 'Foo' on which this document is based, has been
> modified..." so you never again see such a message for this document, even
> if you change the template again.

I confirm the problem and I wasn't aware, that LO behaves like this.

> 
> Possible solutions:
> 
> * To rename the "Keep Old Styles" button to something that sounds more scary.
> * To add an option under "Tools > Options" to never show this dialog window
> and instead apply "Update Styles" choice silently.
> * To provide an option to reattach a detached template.
I would at least expect tooltips in the dialog and a help button (but I think
also help page is missing

> 
> 2. The second problem that if you select "Keep Old Styles" and then open
> "File > Properties > General", the field "Template" still have "Foo" as its
> value ("Foo" is the name of your template). I think this is simply not true,
> since the template has been detached. And of course this is confusing.

I confirm this problem, too. Possible solution: "Foo (not actualized)" (or
something similar)

cc: Desing-Team for further input and decision. It might be useful to split nto
two reports, but let's wait until desgn-team says, both are valid issues.


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103314
[Bug 103314] [META] Templates bugs and enhancements
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108747
[Bug 108747] [META] File properties/settings (meta data) bugs and enhancements
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