Bug 151762 - Writer : page wrap cant removed if a table starts on next page in the first line
Summary: Writer : page wrap cant removed if a table starts on next page in the first line
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4 all versions
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2022-10-26 08:49 UTC by Zerstreuter.Forum
Modified: 2024-05-09 13:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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sample for writer table bug (13.00 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2022-10-26 08:52 UTC, Zerstreuter.Forum
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Description Zerstreuter.Forum 2022-10-26 08:49:27 UTC
Description:
This Bug exists since many years and is very disturbing.

Problem inside Writer only.
while using autotext table elements with page wrap you are unable to remove the page wrap 
if you try to remove the page wrap, writer removes all new line elements and then the first char inside the table on next page instead of page wrap

Steps to Reproduce:
1.create a writer document
2.write some text
3.add table 
4.insert page wrap at start of table
5.remove all lines in front of  texttable, page should start with the table
6.mark all and create autotext entry
7.mark only table and create new autotext entry

8.insert both autotext elements by using autotext function
9. now you can try to remove the page wrap unsuccessfuly

Actual Results:
deleting first char in the table instead of page wrap

Expected Results:
deleting page wrap and move table to current page


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: de
Module: TextDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Linux/Windows (32 & 64 Bit)
Comment 1 Zerstreuter.Forum 2022-10-26 08:52:42 UTC
Created attachment 183276 [details]
sample for writer table bug

this document contains 2 table problems to solve
Comment 2 Mike Kaganski 2022-10-26 09:14:25 UTC
Just to make sure you haven't missed the existing functionality:

1. Did you check the table properties' Text Flow tab, with its "Break" checkbox and related settings (that for table, substitute respective settings of a paragraph)?
2. Did you check the help page describing how to add a new paragraph after a table [1]:

> Alt+Enter  Insert a new paragraph directly before or after a section or table.
> 
>            For sections, the cursor must be placed at the first or last character.
>            For tables, the cursor must be placed at the first character of the first
>            cell or the last character of the last cell.

[1] https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/swriter/04/01020000.html?&DbPAR=WRITER#hd_id3147109
Comment 3 Dieter 2022-11-04 18:05:10 UTC
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #2)
> 1. Did you check the table properties' Text Flow tab, with its "Break"
> checkbox and related settings (that for table, substitute respective
> settings of a paragraph)?
> 2. Did you check the help page describing how to add a new paragraph after a
> table [1]:

=> NEEDINFO
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2023-05-04 03:22:09 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Zerstreuter.Forum 2023-05-04 07:45:57 UTC
hi there, 

please sorry for late answer, i don't follow this forum often.

first @Mike Kaganski

Today I played with the table settings. You're right, I can remove the page break by unchecking the Break checkbox, but that's not very intuitive. In all other cases, I can remove the break by pressing "del" after the last character on the previous page. Why isn't that possible when the first page on the following page is a table?

for future i know now, how to remove the page wrap in this case. thank you.

@all 
Did you think, it should be possible to add a function to remove the page wrap in this case by pressing del after last char on previous page ? (for more intuitive usage)
Comment 6 Robert Großkopf 2023-05-05 07:29:23 UTC
Downloaded the example file.
Set cursor into the third table (page 2).
Right mouse click → Table Properties → Text Flow
Text Flow → Break [unchecked] → OK

Page break has been removed.

Couldn't find any buggy behavior here.
Comment 7 Regina Henschel 2023-05-06 21:45:43 UTC
Page break set by a table has a usability problem. See for examples the bugs 149002, 149825, 92363, 74290, 81810, 89650. A 'Wontfix' or 'Workforme' of 'Notabug' does not help. The problem is not, that something is not possible, but that their exist no intuitive way and behavior is different from the behavior for paragraphs.
Comment 8 Dieter 2024-05-09 13:20:22 UTC
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #7)
> Page break set by a table has a usability problem. See for examples the bugs
> 149002, 149825, 92363, 74290, 81810, 89650. A 'Wontfix' or 'Workforme' of
> 'Notabug' does not help. The problem is not, that something is not possible,
> but that their exist no intuitive way and behavior is different from the
> behavior for paragraphs.

Regina, so what is your suggestion for this report?