Summary: | Allow copying partial text from fields | ||
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Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) <kelemeng> |
Component: | Writer | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
Status: | NEW --- | ||
Severity: | enhancement | CC: | heiko.tietze, stephane.guillou |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | Inherited From OOo | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Crash report or crash signature: | Regression By: | ||
Bug Depends on: | |||
Bug Blocks: | 107739, 112182 | ||
Attachments: |
Example file from Writer
The file saved as docx Screenshot of the example documents in Word 2016 (after copy-paste) and Writer master |
Description
Gabor Kelemen (allotropia)
2023-12-21 12:28:32 UTC
Created attachment 191540 [details]
The file saved as docx
Opening the odt in Word also works, but the user field is only text that way, saving docx from Writer also makes the user field work as field in Word.
Created attachment 191541 [details]
Screenshot of the example documents in Word 2016 (after copy-paste) and Writer master
Agree this would be useful. OnlyOffice also allows it. Copying UX/Design team regarding what would be copied: should a field be copied, like when the full field is copied? Or only the text, like in MS Office and OnlyOffice? I think copying only text would avoid us some headaches. And do we agree that a single-click on a field should still select the whole field? It's a silly custom to allow editing fields, which will be overwritten with the next update. We probably block it by disallowing partial selection. If the fields remain read-only I think normal selection is useful (use case: cross-reference to a long heading and you want to copy/paste a word from it). I'm pretty sure that partial selection of fields has been discussed before (in some related context IIRC) but couldn't find the duplicate. No objection, removing UX keyword. |