Created attachment 197305 [details] Very wide properties window When I work with documents created in a previous version of the application, after opening Properties (File -> Properties), the width of the window cannot be changed because it has been locked. This makes it difficult to use the Properties window. Previously, this bug did not occur.
Can not confirm. While the File -> Properties... dialog's 'Description' panel opens with full width fields, the dialog can be grabbed and resized narrower from its right edge. It is resizable on the Windows builds. Please post your build and os/DE details from the Help -> About LibreOffice panel. =-testing-= Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13 CPU threads: 6; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 18363); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: pl-PL (pl_PL); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
When you delete the old comments in the Comments field -> OK -> exit Properties window -> reopen Properties, the very wide, stretched window gets back to the default size.
The width of the window does not depend on the older version, it depends on the amount of text in the Properties window in the current ver. If you type longer text there, close and reopen the Properties window, its width stretches to the length of a sentence, paragraph, or similar variable.
(In reply to Peter from comment #4) > The width of the window does not depend on the older version, it depends on > the amount of text in the Properties window in the current ver. > > If you type longer text there, close and reopen the Properties window, its > width stretches to the length of a sentence, paragraph, or similar variable. OK, with that hint I can confirm it on a 24.8.2.1 release build on Windows. The File -> Properties... dialog's 'Description' tab's "Comments:" field opens overly wide and the dialog width can not be reduced. However I can not confirm on current master against the 25.2.0 release. I believe that patch for bug 160937 [1] now provides all os/DE with reasonable width and scrollbar for very long "Comments" text. @Heiko, was there a backport needed/planned for 24.8.3? =-ref-= [1] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/172881 Issue present Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded But correct in recent master against 25.2.0 Version: 25.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 54a836fa5af3428d893cffe5d7a0963b092e9f70 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Created attachment 197326 [details] ODF text file created in 25.2.0 with long description "Comment:" Open in 24.8.2.1 writer and check File -> Properties The long "Comment:" goes overly wide and the Properties dialog can not be drag resized narrower. The same in 25.2.0, the Properties dialog is reasonably sized and the Comment field receives a scroll bar as needed.
Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 480(Build:1) CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Debian package version: 4:24.8.2-1~bpo12+1 Calc: threaded The long description Comment window features a horizontal scrollbar, and the Properties window displays comfortably in the Linux build I currently have installed from Debian backports. This bug may be Windows-specific. I am an interested user only, not a developer, but I hope this information helps.
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/18ab433bfa00c8a513f3d899f735fb844e2688a4 Resolves tdf#163689 - Long comments must not enlarge properties dialog It will be available in 25.2.0. 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.
Thanks Teiko Peter