[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 153489] Changing the "Separator" for Numbering by Caption in AutoCaption results in it being applied to existing captions once new object is inserted

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153489

Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <stephane.guillou at libreoffice.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |needsUXEval
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |libreoffice-ux-advise at lists
                   |                            |.freedesktop.org,
                   |                            |stephane.guillou at libreoffic
                   |                            |e.org
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
            Summary|Changing the "Separator"    |Changing the "Separator"
                   |for Numbering by Caption in |for Numbering by Caption in
                   |AutoCaption results in that |AutoCaption results in it
                   |value being applied         |being applied to existing
                   |subsequently to all         |captions once new object is
                   |existing captions           |inserted

--- Comment #1 from Stéphane Guillou (stragu) <stephane.guillou at libreoffice.org> ---
To reproduce, I had to make sure that I also changed the Category to "Figure"
in the AutoCaption options, so it matches the existing frames.

I agree that the behaviour is unexpected, especially since the retroactive
change is only triggered when a new frame is inserted. If retroactivity is
expected (for consistency in captioning of all same object type / category
combination), it should apply as soon as "apply" or "OK" is clicked in the
Options dialog.

However, these settings are not document-specific, they are persistent across
session. So having them apply automatically would mean overwriting captions in
existing documents once opened: not what we want.

As the settings are linked to the user profile, I agree they should only apply
to newly inserted captions. And maybe we need an extra option to "also update
existing captions for same object / category".

Version: 6.0.0.3
Build ID: 64a0f66915f38c6217de274f0aa8e15618924765
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk2; 
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); Calc: group

Version: 7.2.7.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8d71d29d553c0f7dcbfa38fbfda25ee34cce99a2
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 05ac57f85eb622b798719db03bbdd07b79e1703a
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

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