[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 121883] New: Gutters

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121883

Bug ID: 121883
Summary: Gutters
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 6.3.0.0.alpha0+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: LibreOffice
Assignee: libreoffice-***@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: ***@outlook.com

Hi!

Creating a gutter doesn't work well. What about, please, making it much simpler
and efficient?
Now within that improved gutter, what about giving the ability to create flags,
markers, in order to be able to navigate an extended document logically, back
and forth?

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Xisco Faulí <***@libreoffice.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Xisco Faulí <***@libreoffice.org> ---
Thank you for reporting the bug.
Unfortunately without clear steps to reproduce it, we cannot track down the
origin of the problem.
Please provide a clearer set of step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce
the problem.
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' once the steps are provided

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--- Comment #2 from ***@outlook.com ---
Hi! Thank you for your concern.

I'm talking about that:
https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Adding_Line_Numbers

Not only it's much too complicated to see a gutter including the line numbers,
but even like that it doesn't work well.

I think it would be great to having an easy way to insert a gutter with line
numbers in one click or one checkbox to having the line numbers.

And, again, a marker/flag system to be able to navigate from flag to flag in a
long document.
Many softwares get that functionality: htmlkit, dreamweaver, the former Adobe
Director, etc.

I'm sure many people would appreciate to see both these suggestions implemented
:)

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Xisco Faulí <***@libreoffice.org> changed:

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Status|NEEDINFO |NEW

--- Comment #3 from Xisco Faulí <***@libreoffice.org> ---
Let's hear UX Team's opinion on this...

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Heiko Tietze <***@gmail.com> changed:

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Component|LibreOffice |Writer

--- Comment #4 from Heiko Tietze <***@gmail.com> ---
Gutter, to my non-native understanding, is the white space between columns
(Format > Page: Columns > Width and Spacing). I never seen any content in this
space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_(typography)
Margins are the space left and/or right of the page content (Format > Page:
Page > Margins). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_(typography)

And when you talk about navigation do you refer to jumping easily from
paragraph a to z or from line number 42 to 6541? Your use scenario that results
in "doesn't work well" is quite unclear to me. When it is about line numbering
(Tools > Line Numbering...) I don't get the relation to page settings.

So could you please add something like "I want to achieve <foo> by doing <bar>
with steps a..z but fail at <quz>".