0013926: Ability to rename master pages is not easily discoverable

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0013926	Scribus	Usability	public	2016-04-07 19:21	2024-10-23 18:16

Reporter	jeff	Assigned To	nitramr
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	assigned	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.5.2.svn

Summary	0013926: Ability to rename master pages is not easily discoverable
Description	There's a problem with the change introduced in issue 0011777 : the new workflow is not discoverable. I spent quite some time looking around in Scribus 1.5.x, through the menus, right-click menus, tooltips, buttons, everywhere, until I had to resort to google to find a manual from 2010 telling me I could rename my master pages by double-clicking them. However, that still didn't seem right because in some cases double-clicking them "enters" the master page (when you're in normal page mode). Having the same action (double-click) bound to two different behaviors on the same widget is confusing, to say the least. You could leave the "double click to rename in-place when inside the master page editing view" feature (though I'm not really recommending it), but there should be a button in the "Arrange pages" pane's toolbar to 1) allow entering rename mode for the currently selected master page 2) indicate, through (in)sensitivity of the button, whether that page can actually be renamed (default master pages can't). It would really help discoverability.
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PeterBenedek 2017-10-22 15:33 developer ~0044561	Yes, it's really problem. A_B.jpg (12,052 bytes) A_B.jpg (12,052 bytes)

silverwoodchuck47 2022-03-11 05:21 reporter ~0049595	Here's how to do it (because it's really not obvious) 1. From the Windows menu, select Arrange Pages. 2. In the Available Master Pages listbox, double-click the master page you want to rename. 3. Double-click the master page you want to rename again. 4. Rename the page. 5. Press Enter.

willsonlin 2022-04-28 03:33 reporter ~0049632	Hi,@silverwoodchuck47 , this doesn't work on Windows OS.

silverwoodchuck47 2022-04-28 04:37 reporter ~0049633	My instructions work for Windows 7. Not gonna lie, I should move to Windows 10....

willsonlin 2022-05-01 02:36 reporter ~0049634	@silverwoodchuck47 I retested your instructions on Windows 7,it really works.Thanks for your instructions.However the Normal master page could not be renamed by following this way.I just wonder why the same instructions isn't applied for Normal page.Also I think if we could not modified the name of Normal page,should there be a quick way to create new master page based on Normal page after double click and give a new name to existing Normal pages?

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-04-07 19:21	jeff	New Issue
2017-10-22 15:33	PeterBenedek	File Added: A_B.jpg
2017-10-22 15:33	PeterBenedek	Note Added: 0044561
2022-03-11 05:21	silverwoodchuck47	Note Added: 0049595
2022-04-28 03:33	willsonlin	Note Added: 0049632
2022-04-28 04:37	silverwoodchuck47	Note Added: 0049633
2022-05-01 02:36	willsonlin	Note Added: 0049634
2023-06-06 16:11	nitramr	Assigned To	=> nitramr
2023-06-06 16:11	nitramr	Status	new => assigned