Re: [libreoffice-users] Image Anchor Selection

On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:58:07 +0000
"W. Robert J. Funnell, Prof." <robert.funnell@mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Mike -
>
> That's not a bad idea, but it might be messy to implement. An easier
> alternative would be to just change 'To page' to 'To page
> (deprecated)' or 'To page (avoid using)'.

Easier yes but a lot less helpful. It doesn't help anybody understand
why the change was made nor how to find the 'deprecated' facility which
will continue to exist in fact.

> - Robert
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Scott <v.lo@scottsonline.org.uk>
> Sent: June 12, 2023 12:05
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org <users@global.libreoffice.org>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Image Anchor Selection
>
> A thought in passing - it would seem the OP's issue is that the UI has
> changed, but he had no (ready) way of knowing in what way. In this
> case a context menu item has been moved to the depths of a dialogue
> box.
>
> Might it be a good idea, when this is done, to leave the original menu
> entry in place, but have it just show an information box saying where
> the item can be found and maybe give a pointer to [a web page with]
> some hints on the matter? And leave that in place for several
> releases.


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