https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148591
Bug ID: 148591
Summary: Rename "page text area top" and "page text area
bottom" to "Above (or Below) page text area
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 7.4.0.0 alpha0+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
”page text area top” (bug 137650 ) and ”page text area bottom” (bug 103611)
were added as options in the Position and Size dialog for Textbox and Shape.
They can be seen in the Position and Size tab in the Position section, in the
”to” control for ”Vertical. (click on the dropdown box for the ”to” control).
Proposal is to rename these options.
Page text area top → Above page text area
Page text area bottom → Below page text area
Explanation of terms
1. ”Page text area” = Page border (set by margins in Page tab of Page Style)
minus (any) Padding (set in Borders tab of Page Style).
(attachment shows a page with a purple line around the Page border, and use
View>Text Boundaries to see a gray outline of ”Page text area”)
2. ”Page text area top” = area from top of the ”page text area” to top ”Entire
page”
(attachment shows two textboxes positioned in ”page text area top”)
”Page text area bottom” = area from bottom of the ”page text area” to
bottom of ”Entire page”
Main reasons for proposed change.
1. ”Page text area top” can be misinterpreted to mean that the object is
placed in relation to the top edge of the Page text area. (or the bottom edge
for ”Page text area bottom”)
2. In fact, these controls refer to the regions OUTSIDE of the Page text area.
Proposed change is to make that idea explicit with:
"Above page text area" and "Below page text area".
As a result, the Position control sets the Vertical position to ”Above page
text area” and ”Below page text area.”
I know that there is not so much room in the dropdown box for ”to” control (bug
148512)– but the following proposal for the option names would be more precise,
accurate, and informative.
Region above page text area
Region below page text area
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