https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153509
Bug ID: 153509
Summary: Offer easy-to-invoke split screens with a minimally
visible user interface, using already existing LO
functionality
Product: LibreOffice
Version: Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
Writer offers users a way to view and edit a document with a split
screen--split either vertically or horizontally--with a minimally visible user
interface. But it's not obvious, and each time one wishes to have such a split
screen one needs to go through several steps.
Being able to invoke such a split screen through an icon or keystroke would be
a boon to those who want to use this much-desired functionality.
Steps to Reproduce:
Under the "View" menu:
Set "User Interface" to "Sidebar."
Hide (deselect):
all Toolbars, one by one
the Status Bar
the Rulers
the horizontal Scrollbars
Open a new window (Window --> New Window).
Move the two windows to the positions desired.
Actual Results:
This method gives a split-screen view, with a minimally visible user interface.
The screens are independently scrollable and editable. Changes made in one
screen show up in the other.
Expected Results:
As above. But being able to invoke such a split screen through a menu item, an
icon, or a keystroke would be a boon to those who want to use this much-desired
functionality.
(Ideally, one should also be able to toggle between split-screen view and one's
previous settings.)
I would think that all the steps could be baked into the LO code.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Limitations (as experienced under Ubuntu):
* If the windows are tiled side by side and the content of a document is wide,
the content may extend beyond the limits of a half-screen window, The user can
zoom out to make the content smaller. But perhaps this will make text too
small. And the user can't solve this by switching to web view, because the "new
window" feature doesn't accommodate it.
* If the windows are tiled one above another, to reproportion them one has to
move each window individually. They won't move together.
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Perhaps some of the code here might be relevant and useful. I don't know.
https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/help-with-a-macro-in-lo-calc/73027/6
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