Navigator / References / Drag Mode: Useless? Deprecated?

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#1

I edit/create large multi-part documents in LibreOffice, including use
of the Master Documents feature. I always have the navigator pane
open.

Within the navigator is listed the "References" defined in a document.
In the context menu of a reference is a variety of options: none of
which appear to do much of anything. But most notable is the "Drag
mode" options - which provides a "Insert as link" mode. But references
cannot be dragged, nothing happens. It would be terribly awesomely
useful if I could insert cross references into documents using drag mode
- especially as I am able to see [in the navigator] the references of
other currently open documents.

Is this a deprecated feature whose UI has not been removed? Or am I
missing how to actually use this feature?

#2

Hi Adam,

Is this a deprecated feature whose UI has not been removed? Or am I
missing how to actually use this feature?

I have a very vague recollection of this having worked at some stage
with OpenOffice.org (probably the 2.x line), but I noticed, as you did,
that it doesn't seem to work in the current context you mention, so it
could be a bug, or effectively a deprecated feature.

Alex

#3

The related enhancement is likely:

http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36310.