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    * Linkable elements can now be drag-and-dropped from the Navigator onto a text selection to use the selection as the hyperlink text. {{tdf|156111}} (Jim Raykowski)
    * Linkable elements can now be drag-and-dropped from the Navigator onto a text selection to use the selection as the hyperlink text. {{tdf|156111}} (Jim Raykowski)
    * In [https://help.libreoffice.org/24.2/en-US/text/swriter/01/outlinecontent_visibility.html Outline Folding mode], the hidden headings are now greyed out in the Navigator instead of not being visible. {{tdf|156282}} (Jim Raykowski)
    [[File:Greyed-out hidden headings in Outline Folding mode.png|500px|border|center|alt=Screenshot of Navigator with two headings greyed out in the middle of visible headings.|Greyed-out hidden headings in Outline Folding mode]]
    * "Legal" ordered list numbering: make a given list level use Arabic numbering for all its number parts. {{tdf|150408}} (Mike Kaganski, Collabora)
    * "Legal" ordered list numbering: make a given list level use Arabic numbering for all its number parts. {{tdf|150408}} (Mike Kaganski, Collabora)



    Revision as of 10:39, 6 September 2023

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    About This Page

    This is an in-progress scratch-pad of notes to build release notes from as and when we release. Please do not list features that are to be shipped already in the 7.6 release! Please do not add wish-list features that you hope will be implemented, but only what actually is implemented already.

    What does a good feature look like here:

    • It has a short description, and a way for a busy reviewer to find and play with the feature. Target someone who is extremely busy, and knows little-to-nothing about the product. So if a user interface element is key to the feature, be very explicit about where it is, e.g. using a menu path that leads to it: Format ▸ Character ▸ Position [tab] ▸ ‘90 degrees’.
    • It credits the main authors who did the work (add them in parentheses after the feature description) and references the relevant Bugzilla ticket.
    • If the feature can be shown off with a sample file – particularly for new import-able features, it would be wonderful to have a link to a test file that we can use to show that feature off to best effect. That really helps us to make good screenshots to show off the features, and allows reviewers to do their testing.

    For more details, see the guidelines.

    Thanks in advance for your help filling this out!


    Writer

    • Linkable elements can now be drag-and-dropped from the Navigator onto a text selection to use the selection as the hyperlink text. tdf#156111 (Jim Raykowski)
    • In Outline Folding mode, the hidden headings are now greyed out in the Navigator instead of not being visible. tdf#156282 (Jim Raykowski)
    Screenshot of Navigator with two headings greyed out in the middle of visible headings.
    • "Legal" ordered list numbering: make a given list level use Arabic numbering for all its number parts. tdf#150408 (Mike Kaganski, Collabora)

    Calc

    Impress & Draw

    Base

    Chart

    Math

    Core / General

    • Changes in automatic saving of documents: "Save AutoRecovery information" is turned on by default, as well as "Always create backup copies". Backup copies accumulate in the folder specified by Tools ▸ Options ▸ LibreOffice ▸ Paths. Both settings can be turned off in Tools ▸ Options ▸ Load/Save ▸ General ▸ Save. tdf#152463 (Bogdan Buzea)
    • Fixed many AutoRecovery limitations and re-enabled AutoSave UI. Added "Place backup in same folder as document" option. tdf#65509 tdf#68565 tdf#57414 (Mike Kaganski / Justin Luth, Collabora)
    • Fixed various Notebookbar paper cuts: lots of menu improvements, better print preview support, proper reset of customized layout, better use of radio buttons, less "jumps" back to Home tab, no longer broken after file reload or print preview or master view. tdf#126006 tdf#125504 tdf#122270 tdf#141136 tdf#148121 (Justin Luth)

    LibreOffice Help

    Filters

    GUI

    • The Insert Special Characters dropdown now shows a character description for the selected character (and in tooltip on hovering). tdf#156538 (Jim Raykowski)
    Screenshot of the Special Character dropdown showing the earth ground character selected, with its description "⏚ EARTH GROUND U+23DA" underneath.

    Accessibility

    • Tree views like the one in the Expert Configuration Dialog (reachable via Tools ▸ Options ▸ LibreOffice ▸ Advanced ▸ Open Expert Configuration) are now correctly exposed via accessibility APIs, so the table content is announced by screen readers. tdf#99609 (Michael Weghorn, TDF)
    • A system setting to reduce/disable animations is now honoured by LibreOffice to disable the "marching ants" animation when copying cells in Calc. (This is new in LibreOffice 24.2 for Windows and Linux; for macOS, this is already included in LibreOffice 7.6.) tdf#155414 (Patrick Luby; Michael Weghorn, TDF)
    • Issues in the handling of mouse positions in the Windows-specific accessibility implementation were fixed, so that the NVDA screen reader can announce the text of a Calc cell under the mouse pointer correctly. tdf#156679 (Michael Weghorn, TDF)
    • Various popup menus like the border line style control (e.g. used in Writer: Format ▸ Paragraph ▸ Borders ▸ Line ▸ Style) or the font color chooser (e.g. used in Writer: Format ▸ Character ▸ Font Effect ▸ Font Color) are now correctly announced by the NVDA screen reader on Windows. tdf#101886 tdf#141101 tdf#156561 (Michael Weghorn, TDF)

    Localization

    Scripting

    Feature Removal / Deprecation

    Platform Compatibility

    API Changes

    Android Viewer