Summary: | Setting unevenly distributed column width is hard & cumbersome using Table properties or Size|Column Width | ||
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Product: | LibreOffice | Reporter: | Telesto <telesto> |
Component: | Writer | Assignee: | Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs> |
Status: | NEW --- | ||
Severity: | enhancement | CC: | aron.budea, eyalroz1, heiko.tietze, lynnwoodbb |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 4.4.7.2 release | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | All | ||
See Also: |
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113604 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139109 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145739 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145738 https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150244 |
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Crash report or crash signature: | Regression By: | ||
Bug Depends on: | |||
Bug Blocks: | 107707, 113088 | ||
Attachments: | Sample file |
Description
Telesto
2017-12-21 19:23:18 UTC
Created attachment 138579 [details]
Sample file
Surprisingly has not been a ticket regarding this workflow. *** Bug 139109 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** Some additional comments 1. Automatic table size is the default setting. 2. With automatic table width. Adjust table width & adjust columns proportionally are disabled. Result being that everything keeps adapting.. as the table width must stay the same. 3. Currently there is UI glitch which doesn't update fields on the fly. So typing 2, tab, 2 tab, 2, followed by enter.. will give different result compared to the dialog Adapt table width is also not totally consequent. Assuming table width of 12 cm (on a4 page) with 2 columns with adapt table width checked. Type 8 | 8 for columns & press OK -> Table size increase (fine to 16 cm) Type 12| 12 for columns & press OK -> Table size is capped (to max 17). And distribution appears. Unexpected IMHO Type 5 | 5 for columns & press OK -> Table size shrinks to specifications The same 'cap' as by table width is applied for Adjust columns proportionally (which makes sense, as Adapt table width is checked) I would propose three radio buttons (see also bug 139098) * Circular (default automatic); honoring table width. * Adapt table width (without cap) * Proportional distribution honoring table width Where Adapt table width will also change the table size setting from automatic to Left. And would like also a label which should what the total width would be (lazy adding up the size of multiple columns) Only a direction.. maybe someone should look the competitors? Mockup for a solution in bug 145739 with discussion at https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2022/04/11/improve-the-table-configuration-in-libreoffice-writer/ |