Description: I use input lists as a clause selection feature for reports where I use lots of boilerplate content. The window that pops open to select an input list item is not very wide and doesn't show much of each list item so I have to scroll from side to side to determine which paragraph is the one I want to use, which can be precarious with lots of items or long paragraphs/sentences. Allowing the user to resize the width of this window would be a significant upgrade in usability for this dialog. Alternatively, reformatting this window entirely to allow list items to wrap into multi-line format would be even more ideal. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create an input list which consists of long sentences or multiple sentences as input list items. 2. Click the input list in the content of the document to select an item. Actual Results: Window displays but is too small to see much of each list item because they are long sentences and/or paragraphs which makes it difficult to determine which list item to use. Expected Results: Better readability of each list item's content. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: None
Created attachment 183049 [details] Screenshot of input list selection dialog with extremely long list item length Example of the dialog with long list items.
Can not confirm. Using the Insert -> Field main menu (or <Ctrl>+F2) to enter the Fields dialog. These "Input lists" are found on the dialog 'Functions' tab as the 'Input list' field Type. For an active field, the items on the list 'Choose items' dialog ( <Ctrl>+<Shift>+F9 ) are exposed with a horizontal scroll thumb and can also be fully read with a onmouseover tooltip by pointing. Mouse pointing is needed anyhow to select. Booth seems suitable to task with no reason to wrap the text in the dialog, or make the dialog resizable. Though personally I'd set an AutoText (<Ctrl>+F3) and mnemonic shortcuts rather than placing fields all over the document. Version: 7.5.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 8991cbb7986d3967bc6c3719d95254ff04428d1a CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #2) > For an active field, the items on the list 'Choose items' dialog ( > <Ctrl>+<Shift>+F9 ) are exposed with a horizontal scroll thumb and can also > be fully read with a onmouseover tooltip by pointing. Mouse pointing is > needed anyhow to select. I had just installed LibreOffice in the process of moving from OpenOffice (partially due to this issue in OO) and did not realize that mouseover revealed the entire input item. That resolves the issue with my use case, although I would argue that allowing the user to resize the dialog is still not detrimental to anything and would allow better readability without having to mouseover each item.