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Design a system for showing variable 'blocks' in text fields

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Since Sep 18, 2025.

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Description

Design a replacement to the current system used in the Header/footer page of the Style dialog for referencing document data as variables, like $p for Page number. User should be able to press a button that says 'Page number' to insert the syntax, or even a formatted block, into the field.

Idea from @cbjeukendrup:
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Current state of the dialog:

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