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Cross-references on Writer

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:01 pm
by RGB
Someone need to start... :mrgreen:

The cross reference system in Writer is quite powerful, but not perfect: There are indeed a number of requests about it.
For example

[url=ttps://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=58991]Bug 58991 - Cross-reference Fields window should be expandable[/url]

This request ask for either a way to resize the cross-reference fields window (something that, AFAIK, it's not that easy with the VCL toolkit used by AOO) or to add a horizontal scroll bar.

Bug 59209 - No memory in Fields dialog for user's previous selections

We all experimented this: each time the dialogue is opened, it offers to insert the page number so each time we need to select the right entry

Bug 118639 - Add a "filter" to Insert > Field > Other > Cross reference tab

To find the right heading to cross-reference when you have dozens of them it is always time consuming: a filter to narrow the search would be interesting

Bug 110496 - Create Cross references by dragging from navigator

A related request: the ability to take one entry on the Navigator, drag-n-dop it to the document and obtain a cross-reference instead of a hyperlink.

So the challenge here is to take these (and others) old problems/requests with the cross-reference system, discuss them and move the whole system towards the future.

Re: Cross-references on Writer

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 8:22 am
by hanya
RGB wrote:Bug 58991 - Cross-reference Fields window should be expandable
Even if it is resiable, Type listbox shares some area of the dialog. How about to rearrange them like this?
fldref.png

Re: Cross-references on Writer

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 8:06 pm
by RGB
This is a nice redesign, indeed!

Re: Cross-references on Writer

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:43 am
by hanya
I made the issue for rearranging the controls on the cross-reference dialog with patch: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122351

Re: Cross-references on Writer

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:11 pm
by RGB
hanya wrote:I made the issue for rearranging the controls on the cross-reference dialog with patch: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122351
It seems your patch will be included on 4.0: [Dev mailing list on gmane][UI]Better use of space on Cross-Reference dialogue

Many thanks for your work!
 Edit: The patch has been committed by Ariel on May 29. It will be there on next development build