Bug 163421 - Automatically layout "Text import" (CSV) importing preview dialog's sections in columns when the window has enough width in widescreen
Summary: Automatically layout "Text import" (CSV) importing preview dialog's sections ...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Whiteboard: QA:needsComment
Keywords: topicUI
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Blocks: CSV-Dialog
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Reported: 2024-10-13 19:53 UTC by Jeff Fortin Tam
Modified: 2024-10-28 03:13 UTC (History)
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Screenshot of the Text Import dialog at wide widths (223.27 KB, image/png)
2024-10-13 19:53 UTC, Jeff Fortin Tam
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Description Jeff Fortin Tam 2024-10-13 19:53:48 UTC
Created attachment 197039 [details]
Screenshot of the Text Import dialog at wide widths

Somewhat related to bug #163419 in terms of UX: as you can see in the attached screenshot, it is possible to size up the width of the "Text Import" (CSV parser preview) dialog in Calc, however it does not make judicious use of the new available width, so it wastes a ton of space.

Ideally, it should adaptively rearrange its layout for those four sections ("Import", "Separator Options", "Other Options", "Fields") to be laid out in 2 or 4 columns, instead of just one column that eats half of the screen height across the entire width of the window when there would be plenty of space to fit all the contents on one or two rows of columns.

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Tested on:

Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
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Calc: threaded