[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 131629] Requested feature: table header for multipage table with conditional text

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131629

--- Comment #2 from sergio.callegari@gmail.com ---
After more thinking on this, what I think is that the best would be to have
some properties that can be attached to the table on a row-by-row basis. 
Something like that already exists for the "Allow row to break across pages and
columns" in the "text flow" that can be activated for individual rows.

My view is that this could be extended to these properties:

1) Allow this row to break across pages and columns [on/off]
2) Allow table to split across multiple pages or columns after this row
[on/off]
3) Repeat row [off / as table heading on every page / as table heading after
first page
 / as table footer / as table footer except last page ]

Item 1 is already there. Item 2 would superseed the current "Allow table to
split across multiple pages or columns" that is not activable on a row-by-row
basis. Item 3 would superseed the current "repeat heading" entry.

The rationale for item 2 is to improve tables with multi row headings that look
bad when the first row of headings is separated from the next ones.

The rationale for item 3 is to solve the issue of differentiating headings on
subsequent pages.

IMHO this solution would contain the bloat because no new option is really
added (current options are used differently). The mapping of past documents to
the new options would be quite easy too.

I only see two potential issues:

1) row discoverability:

- Rows that are set to repeat as table heading after the first page or as table
footer would actually remain visible and editable only when the table is
actually made to span multiple pages. This does not seem a big issue to me.

2) compatibility with the ODF format. It is unclear to me if the ODF format
supports selecting the possibility of splitting the table on multiple pages on
a row by row basis.

These are my 2 cents, but I think the changes could really improve the
appearance of long tables.

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