https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173316
Bug ID: 173316
Summary: LibreOffice windows open to a fixed dimension.
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 26.2.5.2 release
Hardware: Other
OS: macOS (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Calc
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
LibreOffice windows always open to the same, fixed, dimensions. This happens
whether an existing file was specified or not. It happens in at least: Calc,
Write, & Impress (I stopped checking after 3 components).
This is happening in LibreOffice 26.2.5.2 (AARCH64), iMac M3, macOS 25.6.2.
This is new behavior since version 25.2.3., when files started opening to the
dimensions of the last saved file of the same type; a spreadsheet, a text-doc,
a presentation, etc.
I think I recall that prior to 25.2.3, files opened to their dimensions when
they were last saved - file by file, not type by type. In any case, each file
opening to its last saved dimension would be much more helpful than either of
the more recent behaviors.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open either a new file by launching LibreOffice.app itself then selecting a
document type, or open an existing file (of a type specified to macOS to be
opened by LibreOffice).
2. Open another file that uses a different LibreOffice component, either new or
already existing, as in step-1.
3. Repeat step 2 for yet another such file, etc.
4. Notice that all of the windows opened to the same dimensions,
- regardless of whether the file is a new or it already existed;
- regardless of the kind of document;
- regardless of the window dimensions this document had when it was last saved
(if it is not a new document).
3. Note that the dimensions of both windows are the same
3.
Actual Results:
All files opened to the same dimensions.
This is particularly inconvenient in the case of spreadsheets whose widths may
differ considerably.
Expected Results:
An existing file should open to the window dimensions it had when it was last
saved.
A new file should open to dimension common for that type.
Perhaps the settings could specify the user's preference that should be
specifiable in the settings, by document type.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Spreadsheets, in particular, vary considerably in width from one to the next.
Typically a user wants to see the section of the sheet they were working with
(the same rows and columns) as when they last saved it; or at least the same
window dimensions & columns (if not column A), as it's pretty quick to then
scroll to where they left off last time. That saves most of the work of
scrolling the horizontal axis and adjusting the window dimensions, as well.
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