Bug 164112 - cell border dialogue does not display current borders for a cell
Summary: cell border dialogue does not display current borders for a cell
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.2.6.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Cell-Border
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Reported: 2024-12-01 14:07 UTC by muh2lintech
Modified: 2025-12-26 03:18 UTC (History)
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Description muh2lintech 2024-12-01 14:07:23 UTC
Description:
In the otherwise excellent Format->Cells->Borders dialogue, when I click on a border for a cell, that border thickness is automatically changed to whatever value is in the Thickness dialogue box, rather than displaying the current thickness of the border.

This is a problem because I might not want this. Unfortunately, it is impossible to distinguish the the Hairline, Very Thin, and Thin thicknesses from each other when looking at the dialogue. They are displayed as the same thickness in the dialogue, the spreadsheet, and print preview. I have to actually print the page to see if my thinner borders are the ones I want.

The solution would be for the Thickness dialogue box to display the current thickness of a border when that border is clicked, rather than  automatically changing that border to whatever value is in the dialogue box.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. assign a Very Thin border to a cell
2. bring up the Edit->Cell->Borders dialogue for that cell
3. look at the border just assigned and see that it cannot be distinguished from Hairline or Thin, so you don't know which border you have chosen if you don't remember
4. look at the Thickness option: it says Thin by default
5. click on the border just assigned
6. observe that the border changes to Thin, rather than displaying the thickness of the border as it was when the dialogue was opened

Actual Results:
When "5. click on the border just assigned" above is done, the border is changed to Thin, despite the fact that I don't want that. I just want to know which border thickness I actually chose.

Expected Results:
When "5. click on the border just assigned" above is done, the Thickness option would display the thickness of that border as it is right now.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
I am running:
 Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble


The info from Help - About LibreOffice is below:

Version: 24.2.6.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 420(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-CA (en_CA.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 4:24.2.6-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Aryeh 2024-12-01 15:46:39 UTC
I was able to reproduce this. I see what you mean about the differences between hairline, very thin, and thin.

Version: 24.8.2.1 (AARCH64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 14.5; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2024-12-01 22:22:05 UTC
+1
Reproducible, it is a bit annoying, may be [Ctrl+click] to select the border coould help.
Version: 25.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 44ccd392be12dad23e216fb3eb2c2e5b275eee75
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2024-12-02 14:20:02 UTC
Duplicate of 
Bug 58349 - Turn Border button into a split button and remember recent border style
Bug 87787 - Improve cell border assignment
Bug 100548 - Reorganizing “Border” tab on “Format Cells” window in Calc Bug 143249 - Improve configuration of table borders

or another?
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2025-11-25 15:21:59 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2025-12-26 03:18:18 UTC
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