To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=65951 Issue #:|65951 Summary:|forms handling in OpenOffice 2.x / 3.0 (writer) Component:|Word processor Version:|OOo 2.0.2 Platform:|All URL:| OS/Version:|All Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT Priority:|P3 Subcomponent:|code Assigned to:|mru Reported by:|eberlein
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 31 04:09:28 -0700 2006 ------- Especially for Public Administration and for larger companies the current implementation of forms handling in the broadest sense is not satisfying in OpenOffice Writer. There are miscellaneous possibilities for working with forms: input fields, bookmarks, placeholders or control objects. Bookmarks and placeholders are not critical, so I will ignore it. For input fields there are some rfe's in issuezilla yet (see 16641, 33737, 35088, 47799, 50839, 56156). The main points are - input fields should not pop up when opening the template (because you cannot see the context) - should be editable “on click” without prompting - should be reachable by tab like controls It should be discussed, if forms handling can be improved much more by using the possibilities of controls. A text form field in MS Word can be formatted. For input fields in writer you don't have such opportunities. This is only one restriction. If controls could be smoothly integrated into continuous text, I would prefer this solution of forms handling. The form than is really a form, you can jump with the tab key from the first to the last control, you can use all possibilities you got with formatted and currency fields, masked field etc. The following must change to reach that goal: - first an AutoSize option is needed. [1] - per default the background of controls should be shaded without printing the background color. If the control gets the focus, the shadowing should be stronger. - per default there's no need for a border - by inserting the controls into text, the underlying context must be recognized, means the char formatting of the control must correspond to the formatting of the last char of text. - a property “placeholder text” would be nice, see [1] - binding the control content to variables without programming [1] - if controls are inserted into tables, calculating with them must be possible without programming for the Rich Text Control, the tab key should work as for other controls (jumping to the next) - an option is needed to switch the scroll wheel off for some controls. In practice the users often overwrite entries in controls accidentally during scrolling. That's very annoying when these data are used for workflow. These requirements may collide with the needs of forms in base, but this could be solved as follows: If the control was created with a wizard or by drawing with mouse, then the control gets the properties in the current existing implementation. Additionally we need another possibility to insert a control. This could be realized in the menu bar with Insert->Form Field->Type of Field or by doubleclicking on the icon in the bar “forms-control elements” (transl. from German) or both. Then the control is inserted at the viewcursor position in a defined size dependent from context with the properties described above. If this could be realized, than the import filter for MS Word should transform listboxes and text form fields to controls in OpenOffice. [1] http://dba.openoffice.org/files/documents/13/1553/control_properties_2.sxc --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
