Created attachment 75923 [details] Show parts of a screen where the widget is opened and moved manually to the right This problem may apply to several items, but is tested for 4.0.0.3 on both Ubuntu and OSX, but here demonstrated for adding the Words-counting field into a ODT-document: Howto test it: 1. Place cursor after a text, e.g. "Wordcound: " 2. Insert --> Field --> Others... --> Statistics --> Words --> [Insert] 3. Since the widget is hiding the cursor, nothing seems to happen 4. It is tempting to press "Insert" again, and after "Cancel" the widget then ... 5. ... maybe severel fields are added Suggestion: 1. When "Insert" is pressed, remove the widget (as done in other functions) PS: The attached screenshot shows the Words-field, due a manual movement of the widget ...
Tested on LibreOffice Writer 4.0.0.3 on both: 1. Mac OS X 10.7.5 running on a MacBook 2. Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit OS) running on a HP EliteBook 6930p
Thanks for reporting! This is a very dubious one I think. Some users might use this "feature" to add several fields at once. Others, like in your case, this might be 'not userfriendly'. Therefore I'll try get the advice of the UX-team (UX = user experience). You can follow the discussion on http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-ux-advise/2013-March/thread.html Kind regards, Joren
Joren - any word from UX? If not, I say we mark as enhancement request with the caveat that it might not be implemented, if/when UX sees it, they can decide what to do. My opinion is perhaps a check mark that says "close dialog after insert" or some such thing, if user checks this, when they push insert, dialog closes, else it remains open as it functions now.
Marking: New (confirmed, valid request) - no promise this will be implemented, UX may say no go. Enhancement Low - won't affect many users, once a user knows that insert is working will know to close dialog manually, not that big of an inconvenience
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