Bug 130319 - Zooming right in causes Freeze Cells point to be forgotten after inevitable zoom out again
Summary: Zooming right in causes Freeze Cells point to be forgotten after inevitable z...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium minor
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Blocks: Zoom Cell-Freeze
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Reported: 2020-01-31 12:39 UTC by Jax
Modified: 2025-08-05 02:48 UTC (History)
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Description Jax 2020-01-31 12:39:40 UTC
Description:
When zooming in to a sheet with Frozen Cells, the Freeze is (appropriately) disabled if the you zoom in too far to make the zoom workable.  All good so far.
If you (inevitably) zoom back out again, the Freeze Cells point is not reapplied.  I suggest that the Freeze setting is merely disabled (rather than cancelled and forgotten) if display area is less than zoom area.
A freeze point outside the currently zoomed area probably means that the former  zoom setting will be returned to.

Whadya think?

Probably happened before ver 6.0.7 but I can't recall.  I have Ubuntu 18.04LTS but I guess it is all OSes.

Jx

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Split screen (say half way down/across visible sheet) then freeze cells
2. Zoom in very close
3. Zoom out again

Actual Results:
Freeze point disappears

Expected Results:
Freeze point wanted back where I deliberately set it.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.0.7.3
Build ID: 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); Calc: group

OpenGL not enabled?  Terminal shows:
   $ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
     Command 'glxinfo' not found, but can be installed with:
     sudo apt install mesa-utils
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2020-02-18 16:25:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Jax 2020-02-18 17:27:32 UTC
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #1)
> it seems you're using an old version of LibreOffice.

Thanks for the reply.  I am using the official, current ubuntu-bionic-upgrade version from Canonical, which usually lags behind LO-fresh.  As I understand it, 6.0.7 is an official and current release of LO.

From the LO Downloads page:
> LibreOffice 6.0.7
> If you deploy LibreOffice in an enterprise or corporate environment
> or are a conservative user, please choose this version.

I am a borderline (small 'c') conservative user who welcomes (relative) stability so don't upgrade unless I am desperate for a feature.

Are you saying that:
 - there no support for this seemingly current, official, stable, enterprise version?
 - this bug is fixed in 6.1.4 or merely unconfirmed in 6.0.7?

Thanks!
Comment 3 Jax 2020-02-18 18:01:12 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2020-02-19 03:31:28 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2020-05-10 15:50:48 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Xisco Faulí 2020-05-11 10:45:31 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2020-11-08 04:19:00 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Jax 2020-11-08 14:11:22 UTC
(In reply to QA Administrators from comment #7)
> Dear Jax,
> 
> This bug has been in NEEDINFO status with no change for at least
> 6 months...

Sorry, been offline a lot due to lockdowns.

Due to a dead laptop, I am now running Xubuntu and LO 6.4.6.2.
I downloaded an AppImage (from LibreOffice website directly) and can CONFIRM issue in the latest STILL version

Steps taken:
1 Split spreadsheet in middle of screen
2 View > Freeze Rows and Columns
3 Zoom in hard so that the split in sheet is forced off the edge of the screen due to lack of space
4 Zoom out again
5 In my version, the split is not reapplied (as would be desireable)

AppImage version:
Version: 6.4.7.2
Build ID: 639b8ac485750d5696d7590a72ef1b496725cfb5
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 9 Jax 2020-11-08 14:14:45 UTC
Note:  Horizontal and Vertical splits are independently lost or kept, depending upon whether they disappear due to lack of screen space during zoom.
Comment 10 Buovjaga 2020-11-09 06:10:58 UTC
Reproduced. Also with 3.3.0 on Win 10

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: c9b320c32aceab7e22d381b688e7b44030e01c2d
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.9; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 8 November 2020

Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha1+ (x64)
Build ID: b61bf7c7cfcf97a5ade6d130873af146670bc2ee
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19041; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2022-11-10 04:02:40 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2024-11-11 03:12:59 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 studog 2025-07-31 19:11:24 UTC
I am not sure why OP says "appropriately disabled if the freeze delimit line is off-screen. I would argue that zoom level should never affect the freeze-state.

Reproduced on:

Version: 25.2.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 520(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (C.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:25.2.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~lo1
Calc: threaded
Comment 14 Simon Arlott 2025-08-01 17:34:00 UTC
I tried to fix this and there's a lot of complexity involved in tracking the frozen state so that it can kept when the file is saved and be restored correctly if the window is resized or zoomed out. It's necessary to be displaying the top row and/or left column when the frozen state is resumed, which can happen when scrolling or while dragging to select cells.

https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/181728
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/181729
https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/181730

It would be significantly simpler to just keep the freeze setting even if it means it won't be possible to scroll at all until the window is large enough for the contents, but I've not checked if that causes other problems.
Comment 15 Buovjaga 2025-08-01 18:17:23 UTC
(In reply to Simon Arlott from comment #14)
> I tried to fix this and there's a lot of complexity involved in tracking the
> frozen state so that it can kept when the file is saved and be restored
> correctly if the window is resized or zoomed out. It's necessary to be
> displaying the top row and/or left column when the frozen state is resumed,
> which can happen when scrolling or while dragging to select cells.
> 
> https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/181728
> https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/181729
> https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/181730
> 
> It would be significantly simpler to just keep the freeze setting even if it
> means it won't be possible to scroll at all until the window is large enough
> for the contents, but I've not checked if that causes other problems.

License statement for reference, if someone wants to pick up the work: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2025-February/093018.html