Bug 150389

Summary: Centering lost in entire table after inputting content
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: seth_rms
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: ilmari.lauhakangas, rafael.palma.lima, telesto
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.3.5.2 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Description seth_rms 2022-08-12 19:00:37 UTC 
Within writer, created a large table with simple text in each cell, some with numbers, others without. table is 26 rows currently. All elements centered by selecting whole table and click centered. Creating a new entry in a previously empty cell, (with no other changes) reformats ALL cells in the table to left justified.

I am using 7.3.5.2, have not checked any other versions
Comment 1 seth_rms 2022-08-14 21:04:01 UTC 
New detail: The problem only occurs when new rows are added to an existing table.Only then will the previously centered text suddenly become left justified.
Comment 2 Rafael Lima 2022-08-15 22:20:48 UTC 
Are you using the "Table - AutoFormat Styles" feature?

If that's the case, then the lost alignment may be because you used a style that has left alignment.

To fix that, just select the table again, go to "Table - AutoFormat Styles" and uncheck the "Alignment" option before applying the style.
Comment 3 seth_rms 2022-08-16 20:56:52 UTC 
No, I had not set AutoFormat styles; I was not aware of that function; I did not deliberately set AutoFormat. I reviewed help on that, and AutoFormat was checked;  unchecking AutoFormat did correct the problem. That does solve my problem, but should AutoFormat be on by default? Also, after I change the format in the first (approximately) 20 rows, why should they be changed back to the default when I decide to add more rows?
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-08-17 03:35:26 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 PRAVEEN S 2022-09-11 06:19:31 UTC 
Not Reproduced:
Comment 6 PRAVEEN S 2022-09-11 06:40:50 UTC 
Not Reproduced:
 Actually its working fine by my side. i dont see any kind of issues as mentioned here.

Steps followed:

1.opened libre office 
2.created a table - 8 Rows and 32 columns
3.added new row and entered the text
4.alignment is working fine

Enviornment:

linux mint - 20.2
LibreOffice Writer - 7.4.0.0 Alpha
Comment 7 Buovjaga 2023-02-01 15:30:22 UTC 
(In reply to seth_rms from comment #3)
> No, I had not set AutoFormat styles; I was not aware of that function; I did
> not deliberately set AutoFormat. I reviewed help on that, and AutoFormat was
> checked;  unchecking AutoFormat did correct the problem. That does solve my
> problem, but should AutoFormat be on by default? Also, after I change the
> format in the first (approximately) 20 rows, why should they be changed back
> to the default when I decide to add more rows?

AutoFormat is not something that is on or off. It is applied to a table explicitly.

I guess this can be closed.