https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166043
Bug ID: 166043
Summary: Notebook/Side-bar controls for page margins DON'T
MATCH Page style window controls
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 25.2.2.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Windows (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Hello.
I'm using latest LO 25.2.2, OS is Windows, ui language / locale is Polish.
I'm reporting this for Writer but this concern every module - Calc, Draw,
Impress, and Writer, which uses the new notepad / tab bar / sidebar controls to
adjust page margins.
Firstly, margin values inside the notebook bar and the side bar DO NOT MATCH
the values of the same adjustments displayed inside Page style settings
windows.
This was pretty much the case since the unfortunate birth of the new
libreoffice ui, but I thought it was just me, or my old computers at the time.
If you open new writer document, click format menu, then page style, then go to
page settings tab, you can see all the margin values at 2,00 cm. Okay, seems
normal so far.
Then you go to the Layout tab in the notepad bar and click the Page margins
button, and a popu appears showing:
Left margin: 2,00 cm
Right margin: 2,00 cm
Top margin: -2,10 cm
Bottom margin: 2,10 cm
Wait, but that's not all! There's more!
Inside the sidebar, the Page style tab, Format section has a Page margin
dropdown with some presets, which btw. are named completely independent of the
actual adjustments that are being applied if you use them, specifically the
"Normalny (1,90 cm)" and "Normalny (3,18 cm)", which is annoying in itselt...
But then if you select "Normalny (3,18 cm)" and then go back and see what it
did:
inside Page style settings windows you'll see margins set:
-left and right to 3,18 cm
-top and bottom to 2,54 cm
and inside that bugged up Page margins popup frame opened from the notepad bar:
-left and right 2,54 cm (both NOT 3,18 cm)
-top and bottom -2,64 cm (that is MINUS NOT 2,54 cm)
BUT WAIT!! THERE'S EVEN MORE!
Go to notepad bar > Layout again, click page margins button to show the popup
with the wrong values and then click without ever changing the value, just
click to focus the top or the bottom value field, and notice something very
strange is happening - the margins are getting all wonky and crazy.
I mean, what is going on here? How does one use LO in any real life capacity
and NOT notice this ridiculously obvious and obviously embarassing in your face
bug is beyond me.
Currently to bypass the issue I have to disable notebook and sidebar UI
altogether (rendering them completely useless) in every single instance of
Libreoffice (my office, family computers) and rely solely on the outdated
toolbar ui with a button which leads straight to the Page style settings (and
not to that page margin popup).
I'm not sorry for the rant. This should be caught ages ago.
Please FIX this ASAP.
Cheers.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open new document
2. go to format menu > page style > page > margins, note the values
3. go to notepad bar > layout tab and click page margins button, note the
values
4. go to sidebar > page tab > format > page margins, choose "Normalny (3,18
cm)"
5. repeat step 2, note the values
6. repeat step 3, note the values
Actual Results:
format menu > page style > page > margins values are ok
notepad bar > layout tab > margin button > top and bottom valeus are different
and are NEGATIVE
after using "Normalny (3,18 cm)" page margin preset in the sidebar:
Expected Results:
obviously all the margin values, be inside the page style settings window
or the notepad bar or the sidebar should be the exact same values using the
exact same units of values
and also the sidebar page margin presets should be modifiable and removable if
one needs it
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:
I attatch a screen capture showing this nonsense using a installation and
profile.
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