[Issue 126237] Creating Style From Numbered Selection Breaks Original Formatting

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https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126237

Vladimir <vl...@unity3d.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Vladimir <vl...@unity3d.com> ---
I have successfully replicated the initial bug report (about lost paragraph
indentation for numbered and bullet-point list items) by using attached file
from the author of the bug. The formatting settings for numbered-list items are
still lost after adding new style.

Configuration:

1. OS X 10.11.3 - OO Version 4.1.2 AOO412m3(Build:9782) and 4.1.1
AOO411m6(Build:9775)  -  Rev. 1617669
2. Windows 10 - OOVersion 4.2.0 AOO42m1(Build:9800) - Rev. 1692551.


I've also performed some follow-up tests concerning several variations from
initial test.

Observations:
    - ‘Styles and Formatting’ window becomes unclickable after opening it with
already opened ‘Paragraph’ windows for default unformatted paragraph (OSX
only);
    - All changed Style’s indentations settings for bullet point/numbered list
items are not updated in Paragraph settings for exactly the same paragraph
(Format -> Paragraph). Other settings from this tab (Spacing, Line Spacing,
register-true) are updated correctly between those two sections, meaning that
only Indent formatting settings are inconsistent between different sections of
OO Writer;
    - Indentation paragraph settings are not updated in the document and in the
Paragraph section after both creating/modifying or updating to the newly
created style;
    - All follow-up tests (except the first one) produced similar behaviour on
both Windows and OSX platforms;
    - The behaviour of indentation settings being reset to weird default values
after adding new style doesn’t happen in Microsoft Word, meaning that behaviour
is inconsistent between competing products.

Listing some additional tests that I've performed (both on OS X and Windows):

I. Test checking whether changing indentation settings is reset to default
values when  either creating or modifying new style along with checking
consistency between same settings in ‘Paragraph’ and ‘Paragraph Style’ windows.

        1) Open initially attached document
(‘Response_Special-Appearance.odt’);
    2) Scroll down to ‘Facts&Background’ section;
    3) Place cursor on any numbered paragraph (in my case, on ‘(2)’ one);
    4) Select Format -> Paragraph;
    5) Change some values of Indent section (e.g. ‘Before text, After text,
First  line’). Remember those settings (write them down or make a screenshot);
    6) Click OK button;
    7) Select Format -> Styles and Formatting;
    8) In the upper right corner of the opened window select New Style from
Selection option;
    9) Input style name (e.g. ‘test’) and click ok;
    10) Notice that indentation of selected paragraph has been lost;
    11) Repeat step 4;
    12) Observe that values in the Indent section were reset to some weird
default ones;
    13) In ‘Styles and Formatting window’ right click on recently added test
and select ‘Modify’;
    14) Compare values in ‘Paragraph Style’ window with values in ‘Paragraph’
window;

Actual result: 
Values for the same paragraph are different (it seems that the valid value was
overridden after creating new style), which brings inconsistency within
product. Interesting that changed values in ‘Paragraph Style’ window were
correctly passed to the new style (they are displayed correctly), but the value
for ‘Paragraph’ window has been reset to weird ‘default’ values. See attached
screenshot for clarity. 


II. Test checking whether other settings of ‘Paragraph’ window are reset after
creating new style.

        1) Open initially attached document
(‘Response_Special-Appearance.odt’);
    2) Scroll down to ‘Facts&Background’ section;
    3) Place cursor on any numbered paragraph (in my case, on ‘(2)’ one);
    4) Select Format -> Paragraph;
    5) Change some values of any section within any section of Paragraph
window, other than ‘Indent’  (e.g. ‘Spacing, Alignment, etc)). Remember those
settings (write them down or make a screenshot);
    6) Click OK button;
    7) Select Format -> Styles and Formatting;
    8) In the upper right corner of the opened window select New Style from
Selection option;
    9) Input style name (e.g. ‘test’) and click ok;
    10) Notice that indentation of selected paragraph has been lost;
    11) Repeat step 4;
    12) Observe values in ‘Paragraph’ window;
    13) Compare values to previously obtained on step 5.

Actual result:
Values for ‘Indent’ section were lost and reset to default value;
Other values (e.g. Spacing and Alignment) were preserved.


III. Test checking whether indentation settings are lost for plain text and for
bullet point list items

        1) Create new document in OO Writer;
    2) Add some text to the paragraph;
    3) Click Format -> Paragraph;
    4) Change some values of Indent section (e.g. set ‘First Line’ to 0.5);
    5) Click “OK” button;
    6) Select Format -> Styles and Formatting;
    8) In the upper right corner of the opened window select New Style from
Selection option;
    9) Input style name (e.g. ‘test’) and click ok;
    10) Repeat step 3;
    11) Observe values in ‘Paragraph’ window and text formatting;
    12) Notice that values are the same and formatting has not been lost for
plain text.
    13) Change text to either bullet pointed or to numbered list;
    14) Repeat steps 3-11.

Actual result:
Indentation formatting is lost for numbered/bullet point items;
 Values for the same paragraph are different between ‘Paragraph’ and ‘Paragraph
Style’ window.



IV. Testing an ability to open both ‘Paragraph’ and ‘Paragraph Style’ window on
OS X:

        1) Open initially attached document in OSX
(‘Response_Special-Appearance.odt’);
    2) Scroll down to ‘Facts&Background’ section;
    3) Place cursor on any numbered paragraph (in my case, on ‘(2)’ one);
    4) Select Format -> Paragraph;
    5) Select Format -> Styles and Formatting;
    6) Click on any button within opened ‘Styles and Formatting’ window.

Actual result: 
‘Styles and Formatting’ window becomes unclickable (buttons are not active) and
the window itself could not be closed.


After some follow-up investigations it is clear that initial bug brings several
new inconsistencies within the product (for data incorrectly interpreted in
different formatting sections of OO) and with competitive product (initial
steps don't lead to the failure on Microsoft Word), which may cause lots of
user pain, especially when user wants to create new style for frequently used
numbered or bullet point lists and loses all his formatting at once.

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