Bug 130023 - No proper spacing between pages in "Hide Whitespace mode"
Summary: No proper spacing between pages in "Hide Whitespace mode"
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Show/Hide-Whitespace
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Reported: 2020-01-15 19:28 UTC by peidaqi
Modified: 2025-05-04 11:04 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Attachments
Dummy text, page height 5cm, 2x line spacing (91.50 KB, image/png)
2020-01-16 12:42 UTC, Heiko Tietze 		Details
Demo document with spacing of 2 lines (44.05 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2023-04-27 11:35 UTC, BogdanB 		Details
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Description peidaqi 2020-01-15 19:28:23 UTC 
Description:
By switching to the "Continuous mode" (not sure if it's the official name) - clicking on the space between pages, the LibreOffice Writer displays the pages continuously for easy reading/editing.

However, there is absolutely no spacing between the two pages.

This becomes a problem when you have some large line spacing set in the paragraphs. Everything will follow the line spacing except when it approaches the page end. I think it makes more sense for this to follow the line spacing as well.


Steps to Reproduce:
Open a multi-page file formatted with 1.5 lines spacing and switch to continous mode by clicking on the space between pages. There should be some space between the last line on page1 and first line on page2.

Actual Results:
There is no space.

Expected Results:
Follows 1.5 lines spacing.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Comment 1 Dieter 2020-01-16 07:18:01 UTC 
The "continuous mode" is "Hide whitespace" (same as View => Hide Whitespace)

I confirm it with

Version: 6.3.4.2 (x64)
Build-ID: 60da17e045e08f1793c57c00ba83cdfce946d0aa
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Windows 10.0; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: win; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE); UI-Sprache: de-DE
Calc: threaded

But I'm not sure, if this is a bug, because I think it depends on the definition of "Whitespace"

cc: Desing-Team for further input

(It also would be nice, if there would be a tooltip, if you use whitespace option by clicking between pages.
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2020-01-16 12:42:33 UTC 
Created attachment 157185 [details]
Dummy text, page height 5cm, 2x line spacing

Yes, makes sense to take care of line spacing (as shown in the example) and paragraph spacing.
Comment 3 Michal Thoma 2021-02-27 21:25:35 UTC 
+1
while making the page divide less obtrusive also would also help UI experience.
Comment 4 BogdanB 2023-04-27 11:35:33 UTC 
Created attachment 186963 [details]
Demo document with spacing of 2 lines

This is a demo document with spacing of 2 lines.

Repro in
Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 4b6b9411e4ac912817dd804782ad2054bc0d1660
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2025-04-27 03:15:28 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Dieter 2025-05-04 11:04:20 UTC 
Still present in

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 444f2f7d331464d9628b11f409a513b0458c5bae
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL threaded

Steps:
1. Open attachment 186963 [details]; line spacing is double
2. Hide whitespace

Actual result
No line spacing at page break

Expected result
Line spacing between at page break