[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 153248] Insert Caption and Caption Options dialogs have a mix of settings affecting the whole category or only current caption

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153248

--- Comment #8 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #7)
> I'll add a mockup to summarized the considerations.
Not sure if the mockup also includes the "Options" dialog for Insert Caption,
but here are some comments in relation to that dialog.

(In reply to sdc.blanco from comment #4)
> And what is the meaning of the section title "Category and Frame Format"? 
It should be read as "Category Format and Frame Format" -- but the two controls
in that section are completely unrelated -- the first is for applying a CS to
the category and number (of the caption); the second is for applying a border
to the frame where the caption is placed.

It might be better (or least more accurately) presented as:

----------------------------
Category and Number Format

  Character Style [None]

Frame Format

  [] Apply border and shadow
-----------------------------

Additional comments:

1.  For "Category and Number Format" could probably drop section title and just
have the label with buddy control:

Category and number character style:  [None]

2. That proposed change would better indicate what character style is being
set, while dropping the vague word "format".

3. If that change was made, then I would move this control to the top of the
dialog, because applicable for all captions, not just when using Chapter
numbering.  (principle: important things first)

4. Note also bug 48682, which complains that the value set for Character Style
is not remembered the next time that the Insert dialog is started. Maybe bug
48682 is WF (because AutoCaption could be used for this purpose), but a
plausible use case can be made for why AutoCaption alone is not sufficient.

5.  Maybe "Apply border and shadow" --> "Use border and shadow of selected
object"  (is more informative)

6.  If the selected object is a Table or Frame, then the "Apply..." control
should be greyed out.  (this is a bug, which could be filed as separate
ticket).

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