Bug 143458 - large tables can't be resized easily
Summary: large tables can't be resized easily
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.2.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
: 147735 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-07-20 15:13 UTC by ffs
Modified: 2023-03-23 03:24 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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2021-07-21 10:26 UTC, Heiko Tietze
Details
wide table in landscape page, need method(s) to reduce its width (10.34 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2021-07-21 13:01 UTC, V Stuart Foote
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Description ffs 2021-07-20 15:13:06 UTC
I pasted a table in from calc to a writer doc.  The columns resized so now they are very very wide.  There's no easy way to resize them because the RHS side of the column is off the page and invisible so I can't pick up the diver and drag it back. Basic UI failure.
Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2021-07-20 18:35:00 UTC
Try use menu Paste Special -> Paste Special, select HTML variant, press OK button

But in general I agree with the problem. MS Word in the same case shows a horizontal ruler wider than page width and if we set up the text cursor into the table then we'll see table border on the ruler out of the page and we'll can move it as we need
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2021-07-21 07:09:29 UTC
Please be more specific. How large, what format (use paste special), what is RHS, OS/Version (take it from the About dialog)? And ideally you share a document that illustrates the issue.
Comment 3 Roman Kuznetsov 2021-07-21 07:44:18 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> Please be more specific. How large, what format (use paste special), what is
> RHS, OS/Version (take it from the About dialog)? And ideally you share a
> document that illustrates the issue.

Just create a Calc table with 1 row and 40 columns, type "wwwwwwwww" in every cell in the row, copy the row with data and simple paste in Writer document using Ctrl+V or Paste icon on the toolbar
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2021-07-21 10:26:14 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)
Comment 5 V Stuart Foote 2021-07-21 13:01:53 UTC
Created attachment 173740 [details]
wide table in landscape page, need method(s) to reduce its width

A sample document with a wide table (4 rows of 13 columns of 20 characters each)

Attempt to reduce its width with any of the main menu Table -> Size sub menu, or by selection and drag actions.

Now change Page property from landscape to portrait, table will remain intact but extends beyond page margins--try to work with width now to bring table bounds within page margins.  Any way?
Comment 6 V Stuart Foote 2021-07-21 13:43:35 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> Please be more specific. How large, what format (use paste special), what is
> RHS, OS/Version (take it from the About dialog)? And ideally you share a
> document that illustrates the issue.

RHS - right hand side. And then work with test doc of comment 5
Comment 7 V Stuart Foote 2021-07-21 14:59:21 UTC
While inherited from OOo, setting version at 6.2.0.3 bcz of last major table refactoring Justin L did at that release.

Tables extending beyond page margins are not really accommodated.
Comment 8 Heiko Tietze 2021-07-22 06:34:15 UTC Comment hidden (no-value)
Comment 9 ffs 2022-03-02 16:57:44 UTC
The bug is still here with 7.2.5.2 and applies to pasting an oversize table from writer to writer as well
Comment 10 ffs 2022-03-02 16:58:44 UTC
*** Bug 147735 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 Heiko Tietze 2022-08-23 08:14:32 UTC
After reading this again I presume it's about inserting a Calc sheet as object. Don't see how we can solve it.

If we talk about Writer tables, example in comment 5 after rotating to portrait, I'd say the dialog offers sufficient means to change the table width. Wouldn't add means to deal with content out of the canvas.

But again what kind of table do you have in mind?
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2023-02-20 03:19:40 UTC Comment hidden (noise, obsolete)
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2023-03-23 03:24:07 UTC
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