Bug 130504

Summary: Paragraphs at top of 2 column section are not horizontally aligned after 1 column break
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Stephane Santon <m.libreoffice>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: minor CC: m.libreoffice
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.4.0.3 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Attachments: Writer document with 2 column section and heading at top of columns

Description Stephane Santon 2020-02-07 08:55:37 UTC 
Description:
When you create a 2 column section, insert a heading as first paragraph inside, insert a column break and finally insert the same level heading at top of the second column, the heading are not horizontally aligned. 
The column break seems to duplicate the 'before paragraph' spacing (only with heading styles, not text body styles)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create new text document
2. Insert a line of text
3. Insert a 2 columns new section
4. Insert 'Left column heading' text in this section and apply 'Heading 1' style
5. Check (or define) 'heading 1' style with a 'before paragraph' spacing of more than 0, p.e. 0.3 cm.
6. Insert a bit of text
7. Insert manual column break: Insert > More Breaks > Insert Column Break
8. Insert 'Right column heading' text in this column and apply 'Heading 1' style
9. Insert a bit of text



Actual Results:
You can see that the 'Left Column title' and 'Right column title' texts are not horizontally aligned at top of the section.
There is a vertical offset of the heading in the second column after the column break.


Expected Results:
The 2 headings at tops of the 2 columns should be horizontally aligned


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
The offset value is the 'before paragraph' spacing of 'Heading x' style.
So the 'before paragraph' spacing seems to be applied twice, as if it would be applied :
- to the heading AND its parent, 
- or to the heading AND to the 'column break' element before.
Comment 1 Stephane Santon 2020-02-07 09:03:24 UTC 
Created attachment 157725 [details]
Writer document with 2 column section and heading at top of columns
Comment 2 Stephane Santon 2020-02-07 10:30:02 UTC 
Behavior not only on headings at top of columns, but on all paragraph styles having spacing before.
Comment 3 Timur 2020-02-07 10:35:48 UTC 
Looks like a duplicate. If you consider not, please explain.
Please net time search before submitting and attach source sample.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 50068 ***
Comment 4 Stephane Santon 2020-02-07 10:52:15 UTC 
OK, it's a duplicate.

I searched in 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?component=Writer&list_id=1081977&order=Importance&product=LibreOffice&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&short_desc=column%20break&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr

and i didn't find it.

The issue is only with column break.

Please change 50068 bug title from :

"Incorrect spacing above paragraph on second column of section"
to 
"Incorrect spacing above paragraph on second column of section after column break"

Best regards