https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150497
Bug ID: 150497
Summary: FORMATTING: Templates in nested folders are not
displayed, allow nested categories in the Template
Manager
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.3.4.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
The document templates are currently organized in categories by the Template
Manager (`File > Templates > Manage templates`). The categories are taken from
the folders contained in the template paths specified in `Tools > Options >
Libreoffice > Paths > Templates`.
Currently only one level of template categories is displayed. Sub-categories
are not displayed.
For example: if the template path is set to `TemplateTest/`, the
`TemplateTest/categoryA/letter.ott` template is displayed inside the
`categoryA`, but the `templatepath/categoryA/subcategoryA/subletter.ott`
template is not shown at all, not even in the `categoryA`.
Complex organisations have lots of templates. So it would be **very useful** to
have nested categories in the Template Manager, to better classify them (eg. by
office and by process).
This is why I suggest:
* allowing nested template categories, from nested folders in the selected
template paths;
* using a directory-like visualization for categories and sub-categories,
instead of the `Category` pop down in the Template Manager, because it seems
more friendly to basic office users.
For comparison, this seems already possible in the many Microsoft Office
versions, see how it works there:
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new folder `TemplateTest` and add it in `Tools > Options >
Libreoffice > Paths > Templates`
2. Create and put a `letter.ott` template into the `TemplateTest` folder.
3. Create a nested folder called `categoryA` inside the `TemplateTest` folder
4. Create and put a `letter2.ott` template into the `categoryA` folder.
5. Create a nested folder called `subcategoryA` inside the `categoryA` folder
6. Create and put a `letter3.ott` template into the `subcategoryA` folder.
7. Open the Template Manager with `File > Templates > Manage templates`
8. The templates `letter.ott` and `letter2.ott` are displayed, `letter2.ott` is
not. No sub category is shown as well.
Actual Results:
The templates `letter.ott` and `letter2.ott` are displayed, `letter3.ott` is
not. No sub category is shown as well.
Expected Results:
The templates `letter.ott`, `letter2.ott`, and `letter3.ott` should be
displayed.
The nested sub category `subcategoryA` should be displayed as a folder of
`categoryA`.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
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