0017445: Use IDs and not names for referencing styles (and allow duplicate names for styles)

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0017445	Scribus	Styles	public	2025-03-08 10:57	2026-07-05 07:32

Reporter	ale	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0017445: Use IDs and not names for referencing styles (and allow duplicate names for styles)
Description	Generally speaking, it would be much better if Scribus would not use values that can be edited by the user for internal references. Concerning the styles, we already have hierarchical styles, but it is not really comfortable to create styles with the same meaning under different styles. Also, being able to create the same character sub-style would allow a simple interface for applying those styles when bold or italic should be applied (both when importing formatted text and for keyboard shortcuts)
Tags	No tags attached.
Attached Files	same-char-sub-style.png (15,011 bytes) same-char-sub-style.png (15,011 bytes)

Patch	No

ale 2026-07-05 07:32 manager ~0053973	I'm currently working on the Styles Browser that will replace the collapsed view of the Style Manager. The issues I'm currently facing: - How to keep the collapsed / expanded choice made by the user, when an update comes from the Style Manager? - How to track changes, when the user changed the name of the style in the Style Manager? - How to track changes, when the user changed the base style in the Style Manager? Only a few things that would be easier if each style (and each resource in Scribus!) would have a unique ID that never changes (not because the user renamed something, not because the user switched the UI language).

Date Modified	Username	Field
2025-03-08 10:57	ale	New Issue
2025-03-08 10:57	ale	File Added: same-char-sub-style.png
2026-07-05 07:32	ale	Note Added: 0053973