To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=59090 Issue #:|59090 Summary:|Faulty row-selector/column-selector function in |tables Component:|Word processor Version:|OOo 2.0 Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|Windows NT Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|DEFECT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|editing Assigned to:|mru Reported by:|raindrops
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 8 07:11:22 -0800 2005 ------- When you hover the mouse just above a table, the pointer turns to a thick downward arrow.You can select entire columns by dragging this pointer across the table. For the purpose of this discussion, I'll call this "column-selector" function. Similarly, holding the mouse-pointer to the left of the table gives us "row-selector" function.(The pointer turns into a thick arrow pointing to the right.) For simplicity, the description below refers to "column-selector" function only, but the "Row-selector" function also has the same problems. ****** Actually there are TWO different problems: A. After the columns are selected, the "tables" toolbar does not pop up. The problem here is that some commands are available only in this toolbar (they are not available in the menu). So, if we can't see this toolbar, we can't use those commands. B. The "distribute columns/rows evenly" command does not work on the selected columns/rows Both problems are described in detail below. First, set up a file: 1. Create a fresh odt file 2. Insert some text first 3. Insert a table with multiple (>3) columns. 4. Insert some text again. (Steps 2 and 4 are necessary, because our experiment needs some area outside the table for clicking) 5. Make the column-widths uneven by dragging their sides. 6. Make the row-heights uneven by increasing the height of some rows. Now we are ready for the step-by-step procedure for replicating the problems. ****** Replicating Problem-A: 1. Click anywhere OUTSIDE the table (in the text above/below the table). The "Tables" toolbar is not visible (even if it was visible earlier, now it vanishes). 2. Now select multiple columns with "column-selector" function. Notice that the "Tables" toolbar does not pop up automatically. (Writer does not acknowledge that now your focus has shifted to the table.) 3. Next, click inside the table (in any cell). The "Table" toolbar pops up. 4. Now select multiple columns with "column-selector" function. The "Table" toolbar will not vanish. Conclusion: Column-selector by itself cannot trigger the "Table" toolbar. ****** Replicating Problem-B: 1. Select multiple columns with the mechanism. 2. Now look at the Tables toolbar (you will have to activate the toolbar beforehand, as described in problem-a). Notice that the "distribute columns evenly" button is grayed out (not available). (Note that these commands are not available through the menu.) 3. Now select ALL cells of these columns by dragging your mouse across these cells. 4. Look at the "Tables toolbar" that pops up. The "distribute columns evenly" button is available now. ****** As noted at the beginning, the same problems exist for the "Row-selector" function also. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
