Summary: | No option to automatically indent multiline list entries to align with numbering followed by space | ||
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Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | William Friedman <will.friedman> |
Component: | Writer | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
Status: | UNCONFIRMED --- | ||
Severity: | enhancement | ||
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.5.3.2 release | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
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Crash report or crash signature: | Regression By: | ||
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Screenshot demonstrating the problematic behavior
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Description
William Friedman
2023-06-27 03:15:50 UTC
(In reply to William Friedman from comment #0) > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Open Bullets and Numbering | Position. > 2. Set "Numbering followed by" to "space." > 3. See that there is no way to set "indent at" to the beginning of the text > on the first line. I confirm the behaviour, but for me it is the expected one. If you want an indent for first line, why do you choose "followed by space" and not "followed by tab". I don't see the use case here. Could you please explain? => NEEDINFO My apologies for not being clearer. The issue is not the indent of the first line, but the indent of *subsequent* lines. I am requesting an option for each entry of a list to be lined up with the first line of the entry. Here is a visual schematic: 1. alsdjflsjfdlajsfljsdfsa alksjdflsakjflasj 2. a;lkfdsjsa;ljf a;lsjd;lasjfda ... 10. a;lskdjf;lsajf a;lsjdf;lasjf;lasj With the current options, there is no way to create a list that is lined up in this way. Either the first line of an entry is separated from the number (+ subsequent characters, here a period) by a space, and any subsequent lines of the entry are not indented at all (and hence lined up under the entry number) OR subsequent lines are indented to a fixed tab stop, which means: 1) having to guess where the number (+ subsequent characters + space) will be and manually inserting a tab stop at that point AND 2) that text can only be lined up under either single-digit, double-digit, OR triple-digit numbers (because you have to manually choose the indent of subsequent lines). I hope the request is clearer. If not, please let me know what remains unclear and I will try to rephrase. Bumping this for renewed attention, since I provided the additional information as requested. Thank you. (In reply to William Friedman from comment #2) > Either the first line of an entry is separated from the number > (+ subsequent characters, here a period) by a space, and any subsequent > lines of the entry are not indented at all (and hence lined up under the > entry number) That's true, but I don't know, if this is possible at all, because with a space you don't have a "starting point" for the text > OR subsequent lines are indented to a fixed tab stop, which > means: 1) having to guess where the number (+ subsequent characters + space) > will be and manually inserting a tab stop at that point No, you define it with the position tab in Bullets and Numbering Dialog (same value of "Tab stop at" and "Indent at") Perhaps it could help, if you add a sample document. Created attachment 193031 [details]
Screenshot demonstrating the problematic behavior
In this screenshot (I will attach the odt in the next comment), you can see the issue.
The bottom two lists have numbering set to right, and all of the lines for each list entry are aligned with the first line of the entry.
The top two lists are the issue. They have numbering alignment left.
1) In the top list, there is a tab stop set to .5 and indent set to .5. This aligns all of the lines for the entries for 1. and 10., but not for 100. But note the excess space between the period after 1 and the beginning of the entry, which is undesirable.
2) In the second list, the problem is even worse. Numbering is followed by a space. The constant indent of .25 means that the the second line of each entry is lined up under the number, rather than under the start of the text of the first entry. Changing the indent would at most get it to approximately line up for either 1, 10, or 100, but not the other two.
My enhancement request is to add an option to "indent at" that would line up all subsequent lines of each entry with the start of the text of the first entry.
I hope this clarifies the request.
Created attachment 193032 [details]
Document used to generate the screenshot in the previous comment
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