[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 119753] Direct formatting control text Highlighting mode <Esc> not toggling off if the control is clicked with a selection already made

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119753

--- Comment #11 from Cor Nouws <cno@nouenoff.nl> ---
(In reply to Maxim Monastirsky from comment #8)

> The problem here is that we try to have 2 different functions on top of a
> single button. We want it to toggle formatting like the other formatting
> buttons, and we want the bucket mode. But we can't do both at the same time,
> so how to decide what to do when the button is clicked? Does the user want
> to toggle the formatting of the current text, or to highlight another text?
> We can't read his mind. So what we do is this: If there is already some text
> selected, the button acts as a toggle button similar to the other formatting
> buttons, otherwise it just activates the bucket mode. It might be that this
> behavior doesn't fit someone's workflow, but there's nothing else we can do
> to keep both functions. And AFAIK that's the same behavior as in MS Word, so
> people coming from there should be familiar with it.

Indeed. IMO a simple WFM

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