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[Upstream] [hardy] OpenOffice.org Writer - Horizontal Scrollbar when Zoom is "Page Width"

Bug #172803 reported by ArcFi
10
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
OpenOffice
Unknown
Low
openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

OpenOffice.org Writer has Horizontal Scrollbar when Zoom is "Page Width"

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)
OpenOffice.org 2.3 (openoffice.org-core 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.3, Tue Nov 27 19:01:17 GMT 2007)

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In , Robe-3 (robe-3) wrote :

The horizontal scrollbar in Write is diplayed eventhough there is onthong in
horizont exceeding the extents of the window (the arrows on the sides are inactive).

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In , Utomo-prawiro (utomo-prawiro) wrote :

I can Reproduce the problem on
OpenOffice 1.1 (default Install, US), Win XP Pro Sp1.
(And MS Office XP Sp2).
It is real problem

when page is enough in screen, no need to display disabled horizontal
scrolbar. we can utilize it for one line of editing

change prio to p4

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In , Utomo-prawiro (utomo-prawiro) wrote :

Created attachment 10901
screenshot unecessary horizontal scrolbar

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In , Stefan-baltzer (stefan-baltzer) wrote :

SBA: Change component to "Word Processor". In this application, I can
agree that this is a defect. For Spreadsheet, Drawing and Presentation
this needs to be specified, therefore it would be an enhancement. Feel
free to submit enhancement issues for the other applications.
Target set to "OOo Later". Reassigned to Oliver.

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In , Os-ooo (os-ooo) wrote :

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In , OOoForum (oooforum) wrote :

In the same way, if you choose a lower zoom, scrollbar is always enabled. You
can not to scroll screen to move page in middle position.

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In , Ralph-z (ralph-z) wrote :

Is this still worked on?

This is not only a Windows bug, but also the case in Linux (Gnome version in my
case). Still reproducible in 2.3

I guess when you add up the area of all the hundreds of thousand OO
installation's useless horizontal scrollbars, you get several football
fields of wasted screen estate ;)

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In , Os-ooo (os-ooo) wrote :

->ralphie: No it is not worked on. You can see this at the target "OOLater".

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ArcFi (arcfi) wrote :
Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)
Changed in openoffice.org:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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In , Johannes (kakemphaton) wrote :

Some years after, it's still the case...
I am not a programmer, but is it so difficult do implement?
Would be great!

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in openoffice:
status: Unknown → In Progress
Chris Cheney (ccheney)
Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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_oOMOo_ (hermann-blaxhall) wrote :

Unbelievably this bug still exists in OpenOffice 3

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_oOMOo_ (hermann-blaxhall) wrote :

Link to the OpenOffice issue related to this bug:

http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=42100

Chris Cheney (ccheney)
tags: added: hardy
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

This does not happen for me on Maverick using Openoffice packages 3.2.1-7ubuntu1 anymore. Can anyone confirm that this has been fixed?

Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen)
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen) wrote : migrating packaging from OpenOffice.org to Libreoffice

[This is an automated message.]
There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.

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mlissner (mlissner-michaeljaylissner) wrote :

Just checked. Amazingly, this is resolved in Libreoffice. Amazing.

Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
Changed in openoffice:
status: In Progress → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in openoffice:
importance: Unknown → Low
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In , Santiago473 (santiago473) wrote :

I'd also be glad if this bug gets fixed – it's now over 10 years (!) in the bug tracker. The appearance of the scrollbar even if it is not in use at all is an absolutely pointless waste of screen space, especially on wide screen and notebook monitors.

As a work-around you can at the moment use the Open Office fork Libre Office where this issue got fixed (maybe some of their code could be used to fix this in Open Office too).

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In , Santiago473 (santiago473) wrote :

PS: The currently still open Bug 42100 (https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=42100) is a duplicate of this.

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In , Rgb-es (rgb-es) wrote :

*** Bug 42100 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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