Bug 135960 - Two-columns page style in sidebar does not respect default spacing
Summary: Two-columns page style in sidebar does not respect default spacing
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Writer-Styles-Page Sidebar-Page
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Reported: 2020-08-20 20:49 UTC by andreas_k
Modified: 2024-10-09 10:54 UTC (History)
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2020-08-20 20:49 UTC, andreas_k 		Details
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Description andreas_k 2020-08-20 20:49:10 UTC 
Created attachment 164510 [details]
writer default

when I select 2 columns in writer the default spacing is 0 cm, which mean there is NO space between 2 columns. So if you write the text between column 1 and 2 will have any space.

I think it's 0 cm spacing is no good default for columns.
Comment 1 andreas_k 2020-08-20 20:50:00 UTC 
Created attachment 164511 [details]
word default

In MS word the default is 1,25 cm which is a better default spacing than 0 cm.
Comment 2 Dieter 2020-08-23 06:33:07 UTC 
Andreas, you should add Design-Team in cc, if you add needsUXEval

cc: Design-Team
Comment 3 andreas_k 2020-08-23 19:15:46 UTC 
there should be a KI to add someone to cc ;-)
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2020-09-07 08:26:10 UTC 
If you click on the preset options for 1 to 5 columns the default is applied with 0.5cm spacing and autowidth for columns. If you click the spinner you get the zero width gap. Does it make sense for you?
Comment 5 andreas_k 2020-09-07 09:04:09 UTC 
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4)
> If you click on the preset options for 1 to 5 columns the default is applied
> with 0.5cm spacing and autowidth for columns. If you click the spinner you
> get the zero width gap. Does it make sense for you?

That's fine, so it's only when you click in the Page sidebar -> Styles -> Column -> 2 (or more) the setting is wrong cause than the spacing is 0 cm.
Comment 6 Heiko Tietze 2020-09-07 14:14:16 UTC 
True, the sidebar is a mess. 

(Who suggested a sidebar tab for page style? I mean changing the page style workflow is completely the opposite to this UI. IIRC it was a GSoC project...)
Comment 7 Thomas Lendo QA 2020-09-20 19:10:31 UTC 
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #6)
> True, the sidebar is a mess. 
> 
> (Who suggested a sidebar tab for page style? I mean changing the page style
> workflow is completely the opposite to this UI. IIRC it was a GSoC
> project...)
+1 to the mess part.
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2022-09-29 03:54:53 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 Dieter 2022-09-29 06:11:04 UTC 
Don't know, where I can find preset options, but I get spacing 0 cm
a) using sidebar
b) Format -> Page Style -> Columns
c) Page columns icon

Version: 7.4.1.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 3c58a8f3a960df8bc8fd77b461821e42c061c5f0
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
So for me default spacing seems to be 0cm.
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2024-09-29 03:16:44 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 Dieter 2024-10-09 10:54:02 UTC 
Still present in

Version: 24.8.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 87fa9aec1a63e70835390b81c40bb8993f1d4ff6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Steps:
1. Open a new document
2. Press ALT+5 (opens page tab in sidebar)
3. Select two columns

Actual result:
No space between columns