Bug 126868 - Deselecting "Show Whitespace" changes number of columns in a section
Summary: Deselecting "Show Whitespace" changes number of columns in a section
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.4.7.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks: Section Show/Hide-Whitespace
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Reported: 2019-08-13 06:08 UTC by DarkTrick
Modified: 2025-12-31 03:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Demonstration document (30.46 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2019-08-13 06:10 UTC, DarkTrick
Details

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Description DarkTrick 2019-08-13 06:08:23 UTC
Description:
"Hide whitespace" changes document content: 3 colums-layout becomes 1-column layout

Steps to Reproduce:
(1) Open attached testdocument
(2) Result: Document shows this layout
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(2) Menu -> View -> check "Hide Whitespace" 





Actual Results:
(3) Result: Document changed layout to this (unexpected)
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Expected Results:
(3) Layout stays unchanged


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes



Additional Info:
Also reproducible in 6.0.7.3
Comment 1 DarkTrick 2019-08-13 06:10:18 UTC
Created attachment 153334 [details]
Demonstration document
Comment 2 Oliver Brinzing 2019-08-13 13:41:20 UTC
reproducible with:

Version: 5.4.7.2 (x64)
Build-ID: c838ef25c16710f8838b1faec480ebba495259d0
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Windows 6.19; UI-Render: Standard; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE); Calc: single
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2021-08-13 03:55:01 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Dieter 2021-12-19 12:41:48 UTC
Still present in

Version: 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: deea3b7471c3dab0220eca6146c225a2d47681a2
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2023-12-20 03:12:46 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Dieter 2023-12-31 15:59:46 UTC
Still sampe problem in

Version: 7.6.4.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e19e193f88cd6c0525a17fb7a176ed8e6a3e2aa1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded

Happens in a section, but not clear why it does happen. If I change second section to three columns, problem doesn't appear.
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2025-12-31 03:13:25 UTC
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