Bug 160621

Summary: Field dialog: user/variable field value field sometimes too small
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Oliver Specht (CIB) <oliver.specht>
Component: UIAssignee: Oliver Specht (CIB) <oliver.specht>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: enhancement CC: heiko.tietze, mhillat
Priority: medium    
Version: Inherited From OOo   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: target:24.8.0
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 114039    
Attachments: Example file with long text as value of a user field
Dialog screenshot

Description Oliver Specht (CIB) 2024-04-11 05:26:34 UTC
Created attachment 193607 [details]
Example file with long text as value of a user field

With commit Ide9a004a93c9a0a149a9c369a12eca771973fd30 the value field has been changed to a scrollable field. 

It would make sense to use the available space in the dialog page more efficiently.
Comment 1 Oliver Specht (CIB) 2024-04-11 05:37:45 UTC
Created attachment 193608 [details]
Dialog screenshot
Comment 2 Commit Notification 2024-04-18 06:56:39 UTC
Oliver Specht committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/8e86df886f84fe69f13cfc367a5dd843e6ea917c

tdf#160621 Redesign name and value fields in variabe fields dialog page

It will be available in 24.8.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.