Bug 83369

let's see what's Jay thinks about it. he's working in rearrangement of the UI right now.

Well i'd leave this to someone knowledgeable about outline numbering. :)

(In reply to Albrecht Müller from comment #0)
> If you think that the Styles & Formatting window is the entry point that
> allows you to access any formatting property than this is not completely
> true.

You Should Not Think That
in the first place ;)

> The expected behaviour is that you can access the Outline Numbering
> functionality from the Styles & Formatting window.

Not for me.. nevertheless, I do like this idea:

> This problem could be solved be adding an additional "Outline Numbering"
> button to the Styles & Formatting window as shown in attachment 105326 [details]
> [details] (see bug 83071)

Pls note that the picture shows "Outline style" 
I expect that it opens the dialog Outline Numbering. Is that your idea too?
Then maybe a little distinct icon is needed.

thanks a lot for your help with this!
Cor

(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #3)
 
> You Should Not Think That
> in the first place ;)

How should I know? I found the List Style "Outline" which looked exactly if it were what I was after.
 
> Pls note that the picture shows "Outline style" 
> I expect that it opens the dialog Outline Numbering. Is that your idea too?

Yes. I used the "Style" suffix as the other icons also use this suffix. 
Maybe you can take this naming clash as an impulse to think about the the relation between "Outline Numbering" and the list style "Outline". Look at the following example of an outline:


Introduction

1 Chapter 1
1.1 Chapter 1.1
1.2 Chapter 1.2
...

2 Chapter 2
...
3 Chapter 3
...
8 Chapter 8

A1 Appendix 1
A2 Appendix 2
A2.1 Appendix 2.1
A2.2 Appendix 2.2
...

I do not know how to create this kind of numbering using the "Outline Numbering" tool. I think I can achieve this using "Outline" list styles. This has the drawback that the numbering level does not reflect the heading level automatically. So I have to adjust it by hand.

Maybe it is feasible to merge the two concepts. The Outline & Numbering tab of paragraph styles allows to set "Outline level" and "Numbering style" properties (see attachment 105322 [details]). These are disabled if the Outline Numbering tool uses the paragraph style. I think you don't need the Outline Numbering tool any more (except for convenience) if you add a checkbox that simply allows you to specify how you want to control the numbering level. If you check it then the numbering level follows the outline level. In the unchecked case the user has to control the numbering level by hand.