[upstream] Chapter numbering "sublevels" not showing (Multilevel outline numbers not showing)

[David Gow]

On LibreOffice 7.2.2.2, using the "Chapter Numbering"→"Show Sublevels" feature to create nested chapter numbers (e.g., 1.1, 1.A, etc.) doesn't seem to be working.

This was reported (and apparently fixed) upstream, but still seems to be present in the Ubuntu version:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143990

My package versions seem to be: 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1

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Description:
Multilevel outline no longer shows the numbering characters when formatted using the Multilevel outline tool bar.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a new or existing LO Writer document
2. Enter line (paragraph)
3. Format it as a multilevel list using the tool bar and select the predefine example top row, third across
4. Enter a tab to select outline level then type text

Actual Results:
Outline is formatted with indenting and numbering delimiters

Expected Results:
Actual outline level number or letter should also be shown

Reproducible: Always

User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
Bug persists in 7.2.0.4
Bug not present in 7.1.4.2 or 7.1.5.2
Reported and verified https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/lo-7-2-0-multilevel-outline-numbering-no-longer-works/67188

[Patch-public (patch-public)]

Created attachment 174459
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[Patch-public (patch-public)]

The bug actually effects all the tool bar multilevel outline formatting options except those using a symbol (no no actual numbering) or the numbering format
1.1 or 1.1.1 or 1.1.1.1 etc

[kompilainenn (79045-79045)]

confirm in

Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 4677345e3695bac158bb04048b4d5c608ed764b4
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

but not in 7.1 => regression

I bibisected it and got a sha for a bad commit:

sha is 9987b518fca1476bd0ce8c86bcf6ac7c81f7b580

https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/118040

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/9987b518fca1476bd0ce8c86bcf6ac7c81f7b580

Added to CC: Thorsten Behrens and Vasily Melenchuk

[Libreoffice-commits (libreoffice-commits)]

Vasily Melenchuk committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/1fd9116fbcd1a8d25f964087cd1d0eb15df8a2d1

tdf#143990: writer: default value for SetIncludeUpperLevels is 1

It will be available in 7.3.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.

[Libreoffice-commits (libreoffice-commits)]

Vasily Melenchuk committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "libreoffice-7-2":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/9eb836a1a5f0f4522337ff7b87c9a0a4c7e8ca57

tdf#143990: writer: default value for SetIncludeUpperLevels is 1

It will be available in 7.2.1.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.

[kompilainenn (79045-79045)]

verified in

Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 4debb7e8cc12563f46d1aaa58afdcb831f21cc83
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

Vasily, thanks for fixing

[Xiscofauli (xiscofauli)]

*** Bug 144182 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[MK (publicemaildump751-deactivatedaccount)]

Bug exists in 7.2.1.2 and 7.2.2.2 (just saying that because somewhere it says that "It will be available in 7.2.1.", which is incorrect).

[David Gow (david-ingeniumdigital)]

FYI — I, too, am seeing this in the current (K)Ubuntu libreoffice 7.2.2.2 packages. Alas, I've not had a chance to compare more versions than that, yet.

I've filed a bug with Ubuntu just in case this needed backporting on their end: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1949066

[O-libreoffice (o-libreoffice)]

I cannot reproduce this issue on LibreOffice version 7.2.2.2 and on Windows. The multilevel numbering characters are displayed properly and in the right order.

[David Gow (david-ingeniumdigital)]

This is working for me now, too. I think it just took a while for the fix to filter through the distro updates.

[David Gow (david-ingeniumdigital)]

This is working for me now with version 1:7.2.2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1.