Bug 128492 - When opening HTML in Writer column and table width are not taken into account
Summary: When opening HTML in Writer column and table width are not taken into account
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: HTML-Import
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Reported: 2019-10-31 08:53 UTC by Simon Urli
Modified: 2025-11-01 03:12 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
HTML document containing tables with various width for bug reproduction (1.12 KB, text/html)
2019-10-31 08:53 UTC, Simon Urli
Details
Screenshot of the attached HTML opened with LibreOffice Writer (141.22 KB, image/png)
2019-10-31 08:54 UTC, Simon Urli
Details

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Description Simon Urli 2019-10-31 08:53:02 UTC
Description:
I'm trying to open an HTML file containing tables with specific width: apparently those are never taken into account, the tables always appeared with the smallest possible width.
I tried with both relative and absolute width, both on the table, and on the cells, without any difference.
I'd expect Writer to take into account the specified width.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an HTML page containing tables with specific width
2. Open it on LibreOffice Writer

Actual Results:
The tables width are not respected.

Expected Results:
The tables width are respected.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Comment 1 Simon Urli 2019-10-31 08:53:49 UTC
Created attachment 155417 [details]
HTML document containing tables with various width for bug reproduction
Comment 2 Simon Urli 2019-10-31 08:54:25 UTC
Created attachment 155418 [details]
Screenshot of the attached HTML opened with LibreOffice Writer
Comment 3 s-ball 2019-11-15 19:11:37 UTC
I wanted to use that in to export documents in odt from xwiki (https://www.xwiki.org). I can confirm that Apache OpenOffice (4.1.7) behaves the same as Libre Office, but Microsoft Word does observe the table and column widths from the HTML document provided by Simon.
Comment 4 Dieter 2019-11-16 06:42:17 UTC
I confirm it with

Version: 6.3.3.2 (x64)
Build-ID: a64200df03143b798afd1ec74a12ab50359878ed
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Windows 10.0; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: win; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Sprache: de-DE
Calc: threaded

I also confirm, that MS Word 2016 opens correctly
Comment 5 Xisco Faulí 2019-11-19 13:15:24 UTC
Reproduced back to

LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
Comment 6 Dieter 2021-10-07 19:04:14 UTC
Still present in

Version: 7.2.1.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 87b77fad49947c1441b67c559c339af8f3517e22
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2023-10-08 03:16:11 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Dieter 2023-11-01 11:01:55 UTC
Bug still present in

Version: 7.6.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 56f7684011345957bbf33a7ee678afaf4d2ba333
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
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2025-11-01 03:12:32 UTC
Dear Simon Urli,

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