Hi,
ver. 8.0 still lacks - in my opinion - some critical features of style management.
- The style box (the list of all available s.) should become dockable.
- the styles are currently displayed without any order; In the case there are many of them, one has to waste a lot of time (checking them them one by one) in order to retrieve the desired one;
- the character and paragraph styles should have a clear label (“par. s.” and “char. s.”) or icons in order to identify them;
- the management of the styles is too much complex. One has first to “select” a specific style, modify its attributes and THEN SAVE THE CHANGES. The latter (saving the modified style attributes) SHOULD BE DONE, every time an attribute is changed. This is the way most word processors behave.
Thank you for your attention
Hey @naut1905 
We’re glad you’re interested in the OnlyOffice product.
Can I ask you to record a video with an explanation, because some points are not quite clear to me?
Hi and sorry for the long wait. I was very busy.
What I wanted to point out in my former post regards mostly the Styles management
1.1.Most word processors allows to detach (move) the styles box
from the horizontal top toolbars area in order to make it an independent or/and a dockable window
to be placed for example beside (usually right) of the main document.
This positioning of the styles allows to scroll up and down the various styles INDEPENDENTLY
(i.e. mantaining the last scrolling) from the main document, having therefore a better
overview over them (the styles) and the possibility to apply for example repeatedly the same style
(which remains in the listbox in a “fixed” position) to the main document.
In may opinion this is a crucial functionality and a more convenient way, which is especially useful when
a far amount of styles has been defined.
1.2. Most word processors allows to modify a specific style without the need to save
it every time a modification has been applied to it. At every change the redefined style is automatically saved.
1.3. It would be useful to have the character and paragraph styles clearly labelled (“Paragraph”, “Character”) in order to identify them immediately
1.4. Having a lot of styles requires a way of sorting them (as list) not randomly as in the current implementation,
but at least alphabetically, otherwise one has to scan visually the entire list to find the style he is looking for.
Even better would be having some filters to display subsets of styles (for example just built-in, custom styles, applied ones, etc.)
Best regards
Hi @naut1905
We already have plans to implement the points you described: 1, 2, 4.
- Add the ability to sort and pin styles in the style panel.
- Implement a dialog box for editing paragraph styles.
Regarding the third point, may I ask you to provide a screenshot showing the implementation of this feature in other document editors?
Management of styles isn’t just too complex, it is unusable. The lightyear leaps in every other feature makes onlyoffice almost the best in show in office suites. The muddled, braindead approach to styles is a complete deal breaker. Look at libreoffice… copy its functionality and ease in style creation/management and I will never look back… sadness
It is indeed unusable, I agree
@naut1905 @relogi
We understand your frustration — style management can indeed feel clunky 
. Your feedback is very important, and I’ll make sure to pass it on to our team.
Unfortunately, I still can’t provide precise timelines for when these improvements will be released, but we are working on it. Thank you for your continued patience and valuable input! 
Thank you for being kind when my comment was rather blunt. Maybe a little Karen. I want to be clear… nearly everything about OnlyOffice is a cut above every other office suite Ive installed(thirty plus years)… the backend engineering is head and shoulders above anyone else, running smoothly on on my 10 and 12 year old machines. Awesome. The UI is dead simple, intuitive or easy to adapt to. The ONE thing that keeps it from being on every machine I own, is how it handles styles. It’s honestly worse than Google Docs, which is awesomely bad.
It is a deal breaker. For every serious author out there.
My frustration comes from the sense that your priorities missed the usecase I am invested in. I truly thought a office suite would be made for writers. I am obviously wrong. It puzzles and disturbs me that something that has been implemented over and over since wordstar could be so thoroughly missed by the designers of OnlyOffice.
I will keep a hopeful eye on you guys. Good luck. Invite a few users to pre-mortem your next dev sprint.
relogi
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Agree with everyone here that style management needs fixing. 
@linuxkangaroo @relogi @naut1905
Thank you both sincerely for your thoughtful and detailed feedback.
We truly appreciate the time you’ve taken to share your perspectives — especially on style management, which we understand is a critical feature for many serious users and writers. Please know that your points and arguments are heard, carefully noted, and passed along to our development team.
Unfortunately, I personally don’t have direct influence over development priorities — but rest assured, I’ve done everything within my power to make sure your voices are heard.
Thanks again for your support and for helping us improve