[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 149635] FEATURE REQUEST: remove "after" separator in cross-reference to numbered list item

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149635

--- Comment #8 from ajlittoz <page74010-sf at yahoo.fr> ---
(In reply to Dieter from comment #7)
> Might also be useful to add informations about separators in documentation
> of cross reference dialog:
> https://help.libreoffice.org/7.4/en-GB/text/swriter/01/04090002.
> html?System=WIN&DbPAR=WRITER&HID=modules/swriter/ui/fldrefpage/
> FieldRefPage#bm_id3149042
> Shall I open a new report for that?

The help for "Number" reference format is not immediately understandable but
after a couple trials it becomes obvious. However, there is a problem with the
field. If you explicitly select a specific format, no context/full context,
this choice is not reported back when you edit the field later. You always get
"Number (no context)", even if you selected the auto mode. Should this be
reported as a separate bug? Or, in your opinion, is there some reason why it is
displayed so on edit?

==One comment==
When referencing headings, you can do it two ways (doesn't apply to other
numbered paragraphs because they are not headings):

- as "Chapter", in which case I expect all separators to be present, unaltered
because I really mean a reference to a chapter and I'll use to inline something
like a TOC entry
- as "Number" where I semantically drop the heading meaning and keep only the
list "value"; in this case I want only the numbering without Before and After
separators

Of course, this implies a difference in processing according to the type of the
field, not on the attributes of the referenced paragraph (this may be what is
done in the code and would explain the difference in dot suppression.

As already mentioned, for a given field "type", result should not depend on
paragraph style (member of the outline hierarchy or not). The difference must
result exclusively from a deliberate choice by user: "Chapter" or "Number".

If this is enforced in code, then some brief mention could be made in the help,
such as "Keeps all separators" for "Chapter" and "Suppresses all separators"
for "Number".

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