[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 114994] Sheet -> Link to External Data doesn' t have button to load the URL

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114994

--- Comment #8 from Heiko Tietze <tietze.heiko@gmail.com> ---
Created attachment 139939
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=139939&action=edit
Mockup for an improved dialog

The current dialog gives the user the clue that external data can be loaded.
For example, I enter localhost://test.html and expect that this file is read.
But Browse ignores the URL and just shows the file browser (also disregarding
the content at URL as normal file dialogs work; for example you enter
./temp/foo.txt and Browse still shows the default (or last used) directory).

The attached mockup separates the local file browser from the input of an URL
input (yet the experienced user can enter the URL in the file browser). More
important is that with the non-editable URL field (whether a label or a static
text field or read only dropdown) we can test the URL for valid data and warn
for example that csv/txt is not supported yet.

The current drop down seems to allow loading of previously used files. Doubt
that there is a use case for it, ie. loading ./temp/foo.html in session A and
in session B again the same file.

Finally, the confusion with different contents as reported in bug 114996 could
be solved by a tree that makes the hierarchical structure clear.

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