If I set the page area with Format -> Page Style -> Area -> Colour to, say, blue, then the background changes blue from the left edge of the sheet to the right one and from the top to the bottom. Nothing remains white. All good, this is what I expected. If I change the Area to Bitmap, Pattern or Hatch, it works the same way, All good. However, if I change it to Gradient (say, from blue to red) then the area surrounded by the margins changes only to blue-red. The area _outside_ of the margins remains white. This is wrong, it should be consistent with the other Area options.
I repro with 7.1.4 (both with gtk3 and gen), but not with master. Could you test with a newer version? If using Linux: https://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/ NixOS Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community Build ID: b1df9c67349cf4cc5be4128d797aefb87f50e38f CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.13; UI render: default; VCL: x11 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Version: 7.1.4.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 10(Build:2) CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Thank you for reporting the bug. I confirm it in Version: 7.1.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6 CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded but in newest version it seems fixed. Could you test it with newest one? not repro in Version: 7.2.0.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 32efc3b7f3a71cfa6a7fa3f6c208333df48656cc CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded and not repro in Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0d4cbdbc9cd4ab06056cec66cffd292b41615b6e CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Confirm it did happend in Version: 7.1.5.2 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded But it is solved in Version: 7.2.0.1.0+ / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 5570795d54a00041a406243b777f0df5f6399b67 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US TinderBox: Linux-rpm_deb-x86_64@86-TDF, Branch:libreoffice-7-2, Time: 2021-07-15_19:14:35 Calc: threaded There are 30 days until 7.2 will be release. So, we could consider this as solved.