Bug 73896

Summary: UI default cell frame defined from sidebar is too thick
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Milos Sramek <msramek22>
Component: CalcAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: enhancement CC: jbfaure, samuel.mehrbrodt
Priority: medium    
Version: 4.2.0.2 rc   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
See Also: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48622
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
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Bug Blocks: 59284, 103428    
Attachments: screenshot showing currently predefined cell borders

Description Milos Sramek 2014-01-21 20:19:15 UTC 
Hi,
The Cell Border section in the new Calc sidebar is a step in the right direction. Using it, I can now easily create a table with thin framed cells inside and a thick frame outside - which was nearly impossible earlier (or, at least, I did not find out how to do that).

However, the default thick frames are too thick.

The unnamed dropdown menu there offers four frame thicknesses: 0.05pt, 2.5pt, 4pt and 5pt. The thick frame in the menu on the left seems to be coupled with this and has thickness 2.5pt - which is too thick. Therefore, I recommend to change the scale to 0.05pt, 1pt, 2pt and 3pt, since then the thicker frame in the Cell Border dropdown menu will be 1pt - which is the same, as MS Office uses the same dimensions. In that case LO will be compatible and, as I think, many users will appreciate it.

Frames in LO have also other problems, but correction of this one (perhaps not that complicated), would improve usability significantly.

--Milos
Comment 1 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2014-01-26 17:08:23 UTC 
You should try the master in which Kohei Yoshida did a great job on cell border recently (see his blog).

Set as enhancement.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 2 Roeland 2016-09-15 18:56:43 UTC 
Hi Milos, which menu do you mean exactly? Is this still reproducable in 5.2?
Comment 3 Milos Sramek 2016-09-16 06:43:03 UTC 
Created attachment 127355 [details]
screenshot showing currently predefined cell borders

It is the "Select the line style of the borders". A screenshot is attached
Comment 4 Samuel Mehrbrodt (allotropia) 2021-12-16 12:54:02 UTC 
Default widths have been reworked in bug 48622 / https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/41b99644e8913dd4797775f4931382e93fa12a00 .

Closing this now. If any further fixes are needed, please open a new specific bug report.