Bug 157023 - The size of sections (with tables in it) suddenly increases to bottom page after inserting a row, creating large empty area
Summary: The size of sections (with tables in it) suddenly increases to bottom page af...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.0.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Blocks: Section Cell-Add-Delete
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Reported: 2023-08-30 19:13 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2025-11-20 20:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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test file (42.37 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2023-09-16 11:07 UTC, Dieter 		Details
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Description Telesto 2023-08-30 19:13:13 UTC 
Description:
The size of sections (with tables in it) suddenly increases to bottom page after inserting a row 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open attachment 189269 [details] (bug 157022). (modified version of bug 156551 document)
2. Go to page 11
3. Place cursor in the table row which is marked red
4. Press Insert Row

Actual Results:
The table is embedded in a section. The section suddenly expands to page end. Causing a large empty area

Expected Results:
No increase of the section to bottom of the page


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Found in
Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: c9916d9be9c060d43fc063b76d70629162650fea
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.3 Build 9600; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

and in
Versie: 4.4.7.2 
Build ID: f3153a8b245191196a4b6b9abd1d0da16eead600
Locale: nl_NL

and in
Versie 4.0.0.3 (Bouw-id: 7545bee9c2a0782548772a21bc84a9dcc583b89)

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LibreOffice 3.5.0rc3 
Build ID: 7e68ba2-a744ebf-1f241b7-c506db1-7d53735

In this case the section is already to bottom of the page on file-open. So no need to add a row needed. 

I suppose there was a change which 'fixed' the empty area on file-open. However it appears to be a partial fix.

A bibibsect might be helpful
Comment 1 Dieter 2023-09-16 11:07:31 UTC 
Created attachment 189621 [details]
test file

I confirm it with

Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 2ae9eb8be8d7eb9c3a72953a295d128b45639ea3
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19045; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (de_DE); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Steps
1. Open attachment (simplified version of file in original bug report)
2. Place cursor in red table cells
3. insert row below

Actual result:
All table cells of that section move to first column and size of section increases.
Comment 2 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-09-29 20:40:52 UTC 
Marking as "new" for Dieter.
Also confirmed in recent master build and 7.6.2.1.
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2025-11-20 20:04:18 UTC 
Still repro

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: c2a0e06b637f798b508de408f820f496a5419d9f
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
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