https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161647
Bug ID: 161647
Summary: Allow headers to be aligned vertically to bottom
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
In bug 33304 comment 54, I mention, that there is an existing problem that does
not allow creation of headers that dynamically change their layout *from bottom
to top*, taking space above, not below.
The use case:
Imagine that you are creating a book, with the current chapter heading repeated
in the page headers. You want the page layout be like this (from top): 0.5 cm
margin; then 1.5 cm header (the space enough to pot up to two lines of header
text); then text body. The text body must start 2 cm below the page edge, and
never move because of headers content. You need the header content be aligned
to the bottom - so that no matter if the header is 1-line, or 2-line, its
bottom is immediately above the text body.
Currently, this is impossible directly. Putting the header text to a fixed
1.5-cm header will make it aligned to the top of that 1.5 cm space. Making the
header smaller height and dynamically expanding would not make it take the
space above, but the space below, which would move the text body.
A workaround is to put a table into the header, which will allow to use the
vertical alignment in the cells.
This enhancement request is to add a vertical alignment to headers, to allow
the wanted behavior without workarounds. In addition, this would enhance
interoperability with other office suites, because this would allow easier
re-creation of their layout, by maximizing the header height into the margin
area, and making the headers bottom-aligned, which would create the same
placement of the header content.
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