[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

sdc.blanco at youmail.dk changed:

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--- Comment #3 from sdc.blanco at youmail.dk ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> So you "manually" set a caption for objects (frames here), then
> automatically add another for the same category but with a different layout
> and expect the same category to have different layouts?
ftr -- the OP simply asks "what is the expected behavior here" -- because the
"actual" was a little surprising (to me) and apparently to stragu -- hence an
invitation to review AutoCaption on this point. 

> Sounds as ....
Speaking as a naive user of AutoCaption.  

1. I can understand that this option allows me to set up a way to automatically
add a caption (with desired options), whenever I insert a NEW object (frame,
image, table).  (nice feature!)

2. It was a surprise that a dialog, which is supposed to apply to something NEW
being inserted, should also apply retrospectively to objects that were already
inserted (whether manually or with AutoCaption).  (that motivated the OP,
because it is not documented)

Do not have a strong opinion either way about the expected behavior of
AutoCaption -- but if the current behavior (with retrospective changes) is the
expected, then I will add a note in the documentation.

NB -- same behavior happens in the Insert Captions - Options dialog. 
Change the "separator" in the Options "Numbering by Chapter" section, click OK,
then change is applied to all caption numbers in the category (even if no
caption is inserted). (in this connection see bug 153488)  Again, not
necessarily a complaint about the behavior, just an expression of "oh! That was
not expected", and a thought that if the intention is that changing the
separator (even without insert) will change all existing captions (in the
category), then maybe worth documenting. For purposes of the OP, nothing deeper
than that.  

But I have sympathy for the arguments in comment 1.  Seems "bad" from user POV
to use a dialog that has the purpose of creating something new, and then
discovering that it has changed already existing captions. This is relevant to
bug 153248.

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