[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 80617] UI: Simplification of status bar page numbering

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80617

--- Comment #3 from Owen Genat <owen.genat@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> ... i think the 'Page 4 / 302 | p. iv' would be more suitable as 
> the 'Page X / X' part wont be moving left and right 

Fair enough. This also applies to lengthy formats, such as Roman numerals. In
this sense it is a consideration, regardless of whether the page numbers are
always displayed or contextually suppressed, which indicates the Proposed and
Alt.B forms (in the examples below) as preferable.

(In reply to comment #2)
> ... pages which have and dont have a page number.

I am not clear on what this means. All pages have a page number (the format of
which is set on the Page tab when editing the page style). Whether that number
is displayed (on the page) or not is a separate issue. The status bar displays
metadata about document pages, and so IMO should _always_ display the current
page number (in the set format) as well as the positional information within
the document. This also helps indicate the format a page number field will use
prior to insertion.

In LO (at present) the "Page a b / c" form only occurs after the point where
page numbers have been reset. Pages prior to this point (at least in an ODT)
always display "Page a / b", when "a" in this case can take any form of page
number e.g., "Page 1 / 99", "Page A / 99", "Page a / 99", "Page i / 99", etc.
Here is a basic example, using Arabic numerals, renumbering after p.2:

Current          Proposed            Alt.A                 Alt.B
-------          --------            -----                 -----
"Page 1 / 99"    "Page 1 / 99 (1)"   "p.1 | Page 1 / 99"   "Page 1 / 99 | p.1"
"Page 2 / 99"    "Page 2 / 99 (2)"   "p.2 | Page 2 / 99"   "Page 2 / 99 | p.2"
"Page 1 3 / 99"  "Page 3 / 99 (1)"   "p.1 | Page 3 / 99"   "Page 3 / 99 | p.1"

Under this enhancement request I see pages prior to renumbering as also always
displaying in the same form for consistency. Here is another example, with each
page after the first using renumbering and a different format each time:

Current          Proposed            Alt.A                 Alt.B
-------          --------            -----                 -----
"Page 1 / 99"    "Page 1 / 99 (1)"   "p.1 | Page 1 / 99"   "Page 1 / 99 | p.1"
"Page A 2 / 99"  "Page 2 / 99 (A)"   "p.A | Page 2 / 99"   "Page 2 / 99 | p.A"
"Page a 3 / 99"  "Page 3 / 99 (a)"   "p.a | Page 3 / 99"   "Page 3 / 99 | p.a"
"Page i 4 / 99"  "Page 4 / 99 (i)"   "p.i | Page 4 / 99"   "Page 4 / 99 | p.i"

Automatically inserted pages (e.g., a left filler page prior to a page using
the Right Page page style) are not selectable and so no details of these pages
can be displayed in the status bar.

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