Bug 166570 - Formula indicator is too big
Summary: Formula indicator is too big
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.2.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Calc-UX
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Reported: 2025-05-13 21:16 UTC by 7qia0tp02
Modified: 2025-06-05 06:51 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
formula vs comment indicator (729 bytes, image/png)
2025-05-13 21:17 UTC, 7qia0tp02
Details
Screenshot about how to change formula indicator size. (40.01 KB, image/png)
2025-05-14 00:22 UTC, m_a_riosv
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Description 7qia0tp02 2025-05-13 21:16:19 UTC
Description:
The comment indicator was made smaller and less obtrusive in https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158958#c22 but the formula indicator is still very large and obtrusive.  Can it be made the same size as the comment indicator?

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a function
2. Turn on "Formula indicator and hint"
3.

Actual Results:
Big dark blue triangle

Expected Results:
Small lighter blue triangle?


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.2.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 7370d4be9e3cf6031a51beef54ff3bda878e3fac
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (10.0 build 19045); UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 7qia0tp02 2025-05-13 21:17:19 UTC
Created attachment 200787 [details]
formula vs comment indicator
Comment 2 m_a_riosv 2025-05-14 00:22:16 UTC
Created attachment 200790 [details]
Screenshot about how to change formula indicator size.

Please don't set up your own reports as new.

Also take a look at the attached spreadsheet to see how to change it.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2025-05-15 13:05:33 UTC
The argument to reduce the size of the note indicator was that it potentially covers the cell content. But what is the reason to shrink the size of the formula indicator? I mean you enabled it intentionally under tools > options...
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2025-06-05 06:51:06 UTC
We discussed the topic in the design meeting.

Pro arguments are consistency with the comment indicator and the fact that this triangle is too obtrusive anyway. However, formula indicators are off by default and supposed to be visible just temporary - which then need to be more easy to spot. And the alternative value highlighting is sufficient anyway.

If implemented, the color ideally becomes muted similarly to the comments color.