https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67576
tmacalp <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|NOTABUG |--- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #10 from tmacalp <[email protected]> --- I'm reopening this bug because I think the current behavior is unacceptably ambiguous and confusing. Please let me know if I need to just open a new report, instead. To define the current behavior, users are allowed to change the basic print setting, paper size, in the print dialog. This setting is then completely ignored unless the user selects the infrequently used "Options" tab and enables the ambiguously worded setting, "Use only paper size from print preferences." I have the following issues with this behavior: * The interface should be honest. A user should expect that if they've taken the time to manually specify a paper size, that setting should be passed to the printer. My recommendation for this particular issue is to either... 1. Add an entry "Automatic (by page format)" to the top of the paper size list and make that the default. I think this is the most elegant solution. It will be obvious to users that page size is being handled for them. If someone manually changes their paper size from this automatic setting, we should actually honor it. We can then remove "Use only paper size from print preferences" from the options tab. 2. Gray-out the Paper size drop-down. If the intended behavior is to not use that field, we should make it obvious. Graying-out the drop-down lets users know that it's not being used. Unfortunately, this might cause other complications. In special cases, like brochure printing, the page size IS honored. Well, brochure printing currently ignores your page size the first try, but I recently reported bug 81065 on that issue. Basically, a user would have to either enable brochure printing before selecting a different paper size or they would have to first check the setting that enables the override. * The setting "Use only paper size from print preferences" is far away from the field that it modifies. If checking this box is required for the paper size drop-down to do anything, it should be adjacent to the drop-down. I would suggest putting the toggle right above Paper size on the "Paper" tab of Properties. I know this is prime real estate and probably would require the UX Committee's input, but I think it'd be worth it, we're keeping the current behavior. * "Use only paper size from print preferences" is worded in a way that means nothing to me. I've seen this option many times, but incorrectly interpreted it. It should be changed to something like "Allow print dialog to change paper size." * There is no way to set a default policy for LO, through settings. I would expect this to be a setting found under Tools -> Options -> Writer -> Print, under the "Other" section. This is where the option "Paper tray from printer selection" exists already. This also opens up the discussion for what Writer should actually do with the request for larger/smaller paper than is set up with the page format. Draw, Impress, and Calc all have ways to scale print jobs to fit different sized paper using "Fit to Width" or "Fit to page" options. Writer should have the same ability. Of course, this will need to be reported elsewhere as an enhancement request. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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