Change SaveAs Template dialog to show existing file names

[Elandale]

When I open a template to alter it, I want to save it back to the original file. The Save button offers SaveAs (which I assume is inappropriate) and SaveAs_Template. The SaveAs_Template dialog provides a list of template categories but not the filenames. Instead it requires the Template Name to be manually entered. Sadly I don’t always recall the precise filename. This requires me to either rediscover the template folder path or to go through the Open->Templates menu then make a note of the filename.

As a future improvement I would like to see the SaveAs_Template dialog function more like the normal SaveAs, After choosing the template category it should provide the normal folder content file list.

Alternatively when editing a template add to the save options a ReplaceOriginalTemplate selection.

In my opinion the first suggestion is better because it allows one to see the existing filenames. Then if there is a filename style convention and a new template is being created a proper filename can be created.

[EarnestAl]

Doesn’t Save (Ctrl+S) work for you if you want to alter the template? Or, instead of editing the template (right click Open) you have created a new document and want to overwrite the template with that? If that is the case then how would LibreOffice know what you wanted to do?

[Elandale]

No Earnest, I believe I made it clear in my statement that I am saving a template not a document. Ctrl+S is the SaveAs not the SaveAs_Template. I also made it clear that I was altering a template not creating a document. I made no mention of a new document. The point that you missed is that I wish to use the SaveAs_Template to save changes made to a template. Technically the changes made and currently not saved could be saved as a new document but they can also be saved as a template. These are not the same thing.

[Hrbrgr]

As a future improvement I would like to see the SaveAs_Template dialog function more like the normal SaveAs, After choosing the template category it should provide the normal folder content file list.

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[anon73440385]

From my perspective all problems start with “how you open a template for altering the template itself” - The designed way is through File - Templates -> Open Template.. and that way you get it opened as a template (and not as Untitled<something>) and the template name is in Save As dialog or it gets saved to its original name, if you just execute Save.

[Elandale]

Excellent answer. I was led astray by the Templates button that is in the left hand column of the initial window when first starting LibreOffice. I never even noticed the menu bar at the top. Thanks for helping me climb another step up the learning curve.