Bug 48169

Summary:	[TABLE][FORMATTING] border style for individual cells cannot be set properly
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Winfried Donkers <osc>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	major	CC:	michael.stahl
Priority:	medium
Version:	3.5.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	Windows (All)
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Attachments:	Sample that shows how the background color property is not set properly

Description Winfried Donkers 2012-04-01 23:21:55 UTC

When a table in awriter document has border settings that are not the same for the whole table:
-border colour cannot be changed;
-border line thickness cannot be changed.

way to reproduce:
-create new sritet document
-insert table
-set all border lines invisible
-select one cell
-set border line to anything
-change border line colour : colour is not changed
-try to set border line thicknes : not present on toolbar, when set in table properties form, thicknes is not changed

Comment 1 Winfried Donkers 2012-04-01 23:25:48 UTC

Ditto for border line styles.

Comment 2 Michael Stahl (allotropia) 2012-05-22 06:45:50 UTC

you can change the borders of table cells by first selecting
the cells, and then using Table->Table Properties...,
which affects only the selected cells.

is there really a bug here?

Comment 3 Winfried Donkers 2012-05-23 00:30:58 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> you can change the borders of table cells by first selecting
> the cells, and then using Table->Table Properties...,
> which affects only the selected cells.
> 
> is there really a bug here?

You are right, I cannot reproduce the problems in version 3.5.3release.

Comment 4 Michael Stahl (allotropia) 2012-05-23 01:05:32 UTC

imho WORKSFORME is a better resolution then

Comment 5 narayanaras 2014-02-03 11:59:59 UTC

I am still facing that issue in the LO Version: 4.2.0.2.

Attaching a sample (also in pdf version, so that you will be able to see exactly what I am seeing.)

Comment 6 narayanaras 2014-02-03 12:01:17 UTC

Created attachment 93278 [details]
Sample that shows how the background color property is not set properly

Comment 7 Winfried Donkers 2014-02-04 07:12:38 UTC

(In reply to comment #6)
> Created attachment 93278 [details]
> Sample that shows how the background color property is not set properly

Hi Naryanaras,
First of all, the problems you describe are not within the scope of this bug report, which is about border line colour and border line thickness. It would be better to open a new bugreport for your problem.

I had a look at your problem anyway:
With respect to your bugs ( both #1 and #2): did you select the contents of the cell B5 or the entire cell B5 (when selecting, is the highlighted area inside the borders or really filling the cell)? When you want to select one -entire- cell, I find it best to select 2 cells (e.g. B5 and C5) and then go back to 1 cell (B5). Setting the background colour for one -entire- cell works fine with me (version 4.2.0.4)

I have closed this bug again. Should you wish to open a new bug report for your problem I suggest you label the second 'importance' key as enhancement. The behaviour is not fully intuitive, you are quite right there. You can refer to this bug if you want to (See Also: Add).

HTH,
Winfried