The aspect ratio of the "Format Cells" window in version 5.1 (and earlier) was approximately 1.33:1 but in version 5.2 the aspect ratio is approximately 2:1 which is unnaturally wide (oversized) for the content as included and organized in this window. The prior aspect ratio seems a better choice.
I confirmed, but I also notice that it in 5.3 it seems to be the 1.33:1 you mention. So I guess we should check out v. 5.2.1 and see what the situation is. Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5 Version: 5.2.0.4 Build ID: 5.2.0-1 CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.6; UI Render: default; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8) Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5 Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: f2d09e621757fb5f394998afecba399b638f2428 CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.7; UI Render: default; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); Calc: group Built on August 12th 2016
For LO 5.2.1.1 the aspect ratio of 'Format Cells' remains about 2:1. I have also noticed that in version 5.2.1.1 the 'Page Style' (Format > Page) window is similarly stretched. In both cases the layout of the labels, controls, etc. in some tabs now has excessive (unnatural) left to right spacing.
Created attachment 126888 [details] Format cells in 5.3 Here's how it looks like in 5.3 I confirm the width problem in 5.2.0 on Windows. Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) Build ID: f4d0818cd21f66b0d7f36f820fcf1b72e506e026 CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.1; UI Render: default; TinderBox: Win-x86_64@62-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2016-08-07_09:21:35 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); Calc: CL
Looks good in 5.3. Has 'Page Style' (Format > Page) also returned to its previous aspect ratio?
(In reply to brucehohl from comment #4) > Looks good in 5.3. Has 'Page Style' (Format > Page) also returned to its > previous aspect ratio? Yep :) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/?C=M;O=A
I confirm this being wide in 5.2 (the earlier I checked with is 5.2 beta2), and normal sized in 5.3 master build. Closing as WORKSFORME, since it's fixed in the current master build, adding backport request to 5.2, and bibisect request to find the commit that changed the aspect ratio of the dialog.
Not clear this is resolved, the Format -> Cells and Format -> Page for Calc are overly wide. Other module have correct widths. Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 696e83b663d4f3e00f23947613f9f3916a4dd14d CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Windows 6.19; UI Render: GL; TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2016-09-03_10:21:32 Locale: en-US (en_US); Calc: CL
Hm, indeed, the size of those dialogs is a bit different, hardly noticeable for Cells, more noticeable for Page.
In Format-Cells the "stretched" window size is most noticeable in the 'Cell Protection' tab where there is now a large gap between the check box controls on the left and the extended descriptions on the right.
Its from... commit 2e512174f2116d86682037459fd5ab5164e9f510 Date: Sun Nov 1 03:49:38 2015 +0530 tdf#34449 : ability of deleting borders of a cell from adjacent cell because the grid columns of cui/uiconfig/ui/borderpage.ui are homogeneous so they all take the widest width of any, and the new "Remove border from adjacent cells" string is quite wide
Caolán McNamara committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=b466bd9292de9755270b19153c41aed12e204761 Resolves: tdf#101475 adjacent cells text is still too wide It will be available in 5.3.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
This is related to bug #99963, perhaps for 5-2 we can just force the wrapping of that text to make it shorter without forcing the changing of translations.
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/29346/ for 5-2 solution to wrap earlier in the string
*** Bug 101892 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Caolán McNamara committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-5-2": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=4235b69dad089432911bb576d7e9412e55843ec6&h=libreoffice-5-2 Resolves: tdf#101475 adjacent cells text is still too wide It will be available in 5.2.3. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.