Description: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73953 introduced a new default width and also the possibility to change the width of that column. Those changes were much needed and are a huge improvement. The UX of changing column width is not idea. Steps to Reproduce: 1. write some text 2. add a comment 3. try changing the column width Actual Results: In order to change comment column width users have to show `View > Rulers > Rulers` to then drag the right border of the comment field in the ruler UI. Expected Results: It would be much more intuitive and user friendly, if comment column width could just be changed in writer UI by allowing to drag the right border of the comment column. Nothing against allowing to drag commment element in the ruler UI, but not all users have the ruler UI active and allowing to drag that column border is so trivial, intuitive and obvious I don#t see why that should not be added. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: ba8f4bff6015013013df652efbfaf4d9ae10c881 CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 13.6.3; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx Locale: de-DE (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 191885 [details] proposed UX to change comment column width
This has been already implemented as part of the fix of bug 73953. See comment 21 in the original ticket. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 73953 ***
(In reply to steve from comment #0) Okay, considering this portion here: > It would be much more intuitive and user friendly, if comment column width > could just be changed in writer UI by allowing to drag the right border of > the comment column. Yes, it would be useful to be able to drag from the right border of the entire comment column. This could be helpful for users who disable the ruler. I'll switch it back to unconfirmed.
+1
I would expect a splitter left of the comments pane. But right is also good. Samuel, how big is the hurdle to get this interaction into the document canvas?
Heiko, how would users interact if the splitter was on the left side of the comment column? The size is changed on the right side as the left border remains static as it is next to the document canvas. Or am I misunderstanding what you wrote?
(In reply to steve from comment #6) > Heiko, how would users interact if the splitter was on the left side... How about moving the document canvas left-wards by extending the comment section. Could be done together with scrolling so you just enlarge or shrink the margin comments pane with the splitter. My point is that typically a splitter is between panes and not at the edge. Whether a splitter or not, I'm afraid of huge effort for little benefit.
In the printed document with comments in the margin, the right margin turns out narrow, and I do not know how to reset the right margin in the PDF printed version. It would be good to have control of the layout in the PDF print version with intuitive UI options.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/b9368eab798a766b5a24658c783a6ee73dbf2caa tdf#159145 Allow changing width of comment column on right border It will be available in 24.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 6d71c21890c908225945f0fc3566255ed150f660 CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 13.6.3; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx Locale: en-US (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded verified + followup https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159146