Manual update dialog for editable field doesn't update

[j8spencer]

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Problem description

My model was originally named "BaseSideWall", which is also the name of the first body in the model. I had a couple of tech drawings that show the model name as the title. I updated the model name to "Tack Trunk", and did TechDraw | page | update editable field. But this title update was not listed as one of the changes. I cancelled, and then just clicked on the title field in the drawing page, and I got the image below, where I clicked "auto-update." On hitting OK, the drawing title changed to "Tack Trunk," but this was not listed in the editable field update dialog as the value that would go in on OK.

I've also noticed that other fields have difficulty updating on pages. Sheet comes out as 1/1 on the first page, but the second page gets "2/2" until I update it, then it goes to "1/1." I could not get the first page to change to "1/2."

Full version info

OS: Linux Mint 22 (X-Cinnamon/cinnamon)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 1.0.0RC1.38642 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 1.0rc1)
Hash: 60a251354e203bdb924e2190fb9f5e18b48d7362
Python 3.11.9, Qt 5.15.13, Coin 4.0.3, Vtk 9.2.6, OCC 7.7.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Installed mods: 
  * Help 1.0.3
  * A2plus 0.4.67

Subproject(s) affected?

TechDraw

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[maxwxyz]

Could you upload the example file as .zip and maybe share the template which was used.

[j8spencer]

Here you go. I built the template by copying one of the std ones and removing stuff I don't want, so it deserves some skepticism, but it mostly works...

trunk.zip

[maxwxyz]

I cannot reproduce on my side. Both work as expected, page is 1/2 and 2/2. Title changes correctly. @WandererFan are you on Linux and can reproduce?

OS: Windows 11 build 22631
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 1.0.0RC2.38806 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 1.0rc2)
Hash: 3d63fc6c2f665a8d5e6468845a419bcac80756c7
Python 3.11.9, Qt 5.15.13, Coin 4.0.3, Vtk 9.2.6, OCC 7.7.2
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
Stylesheet/Theme/QtStyle: FreeCAD Dark.qss/FreeCAD Dark/Fusion
Installed mods: 
  * CfdOF 1.27.10
  * Curves 0.6.47
  * dodo 1.0.1
  * fasteners 0.5.29
  * fasteners.backup1721936159.7542229 0.5.24 (Disabled)
  * freecad.gears 1.3.0
  * Manipulator 1.5.7
  * OpenTheme 2024.9.1
  * OpticsWorkbench 1.0.24
  * Rocket 3.3.0
  * sheetmetal 0.4.26
  * Silk 0.1.5
  * Silk.backup1727166062.7227929 0.1.5 (Disabled)

[j8spencer]

I just noticed today that if I click on the Sheets field and choose "autofill" check box, the text in the dialog is wrong (since I've added new pages), but on close, the drawing page does update correctly. I didn't know I had to choose "autofill" before, maybe that confused me. Is the manual update dialog box expected to show the right autofill values before you hit OK?

[WandererFan]

The manual update field shows the current content of the field (or what ever you have just typed). The autofill field shows what will go into the field is autofill is checked.

The TITLE field is autofilled from the Document Label.

[WandererFan]

The total page count on existing pages is not changed until an autofill operation is triggered on that page. The existing pages don't know anything about the creation of a new page.

I'm told that being able to assign page numbers manually is important since not all pages in a real document are created by FreeCAD. So we might actually want to number our FreeCAD pages 3, 5, 8, ...

This of course makes auto numbering problematic.

[WandererFan]

Other than the total page count on existing pages, this appears to work fine on linux.

OS: Linux Mint 21.2 (X-Cinnamon/cinnamon) Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 1.1.0dev.38946 +1 (Git) Build type: debug Branch: fixDimAutocorrect17189 Hash: fcd60659ab43e9369a4be46e086b29e162571266 Python 3.10.12, Qt 5.15.2, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk , OCC 7.8.0 Locale: English/United States (en_US) Stylesheet/Theme/QtStyle: unset/FreeCAD Classic/Qt default Installed mods:

• fasteners 0.5.21