https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57665

Roman Eisele <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Hardware|Other                       |x86-64 (AMD64)
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
                 CC|                            |[email protected]
            Summary|Excess scrolling area on    |UI: Excess scrolling area
                   |the main slide (Normal)     |on the main slide (Normal)
                   |view                        |view
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #4 from Roman Eisele <[email protected]> ---
Thank you for your bug report!

I can easily confirm Emir Sarı’s observations, and therefore I set the status
of this bug report to NEW.

However, I propose *not* to change this without further discussion, probably on
the UX list. I am no Impress expert, and I don’t know if there is not some
reason for these big “margins” around the slide ...

At least on thing I can think of is that it is possible to move elements, which
are currently not needed in a slide, to the “margin” of that slide, with the
intention to use them later, if necessary. Or to play with different possible
elements (e.g., images): leave image A on the slide, move image B to the
margin; then exchange both; and observate which design looks better. This usage
of the free space is common in DTP applications. (At least I know many
QuarkXPress users who used the “working space” [as this free place around pages
is called there, IIRC] in this way, and professional books which recommend to
use the “working space” in that way. The XPress users even requested [long
years ago] to increase the “working space”, because they used it so often …)

And yes, it is possible to use the “margins” around the slides in this way in
Impress (I have just tested it); and all such usages of the “margin” around the
slides make it necessary to have “lots [!] of scrollable area” around the
slide.

Therefore I propose *not* to change the state of affairs without thorough
discussion. There is no special Status for bugs of this kind, sorry ;-)
So this is either NEW or NOTABUG ...

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