Bug 167575 - Tables Which Flow Across Pages Not Consistent About Page Break
Summary: Tables Which Flow Across Pages Not Consistent About Page Break
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.5.0 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Writer-Tables
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Reported: 2025-07-18 13:26 UTC by email11
Modified: 2026-01-01 19:00 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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contains tables that flow across pages and sometimes are not placed correctly (64.82 KB, application/octet-stream)
2025-07-18 19:03 UTC, email11
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erroneous page break between 2 tables (32.04 KB, image/png)
2025-07-18 21:42 UTC, email11
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erroneous page break within a table (between rows) (61.68 KB, image/png)
2025-07-18 21:43 UTC, email11
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Screenshot (251.15 KB, image/png)
2025-07-22 21:49 UTC, m_a_riosv
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shows a break error with multiple tables (32.39 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2025-07-24 12:52 UTC, email11
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shows a page break error within a table if you delete/add lines returns before it (32.39 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2025-07-24 12:54 UTC, email11
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Description email11 2025-07-18 13:26:16 UTC
I have tables that I use for columns and for headers (sometimes only 1 column) that flow across pages. The first row repeats across pages to act as a header. Sometimes it works beautifully, but there are random places where it inserts a page break prematurely.

It is a bug. I can hit delete and then undo to fix it in one place temporarily. But the next time I open the file, I don't know where the page breaks are going to be.

I have to go through the entire document from top to bottom before I can print, and the next time I want to print, I have to do this all over again.

I don't want to attach my document, but maybe I can add some kind of sample. Please let me know.
Comment 1 m_a_riosv 2025-07-18 15:46:27 UTC
Please attach a sample file, reduce the size as much as possible without private information,
and paste the information in Menu/Help/About LibreOffice, there is a copy icon.
Comment 2 email11 2025-07-18 19:03:04 UTC
Created attachment 201886 [details]
contains tables that flow across pages and sometimes are not placed correctly

The bug is somewhat random. You might have to close and reopen the file and scroll through it again.
Comment 3 email11 2025-07-18 21:42:32 UTC
Created attachment 201889 [details]
erroneous page break between 2 tables
Comment 4 email11 2025-07-18 21:43:14 UTC
Created attachment 201890 [details]
erroneous page break within a table (between rows)
Comment 5 m_a_riosv 2025-07-18 23:49:44 UTC
Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode
Comment 6 email11 2025-07-19 00:10:33 UTC
(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #5)
> Please test in safe mode, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode

I just now tried safe mode. It is the same. The bug persists.
Comment 7 email11 2025-07-22 13:39:40 UTC
Please see attachments. The flow problem seems to depend on multiple factors, but the images show it.
Comment 8 m_a_riosv 2025-07-22 21:49:42 UTC
Created attachment 201942 [details]
Screenshot
Comment 9 m_a_riosv 2025-07-22 21:50:33 UTC
Test if Menu>Tools>Update>Update all has some effect.
Comment 10 email11 2025-07-23 02:20:51 UTC
(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #9)
> Test if Menu>Tools>Update>Update all has some effect.

It doesn't help.
Comment 11 email11 2025-07-24 12:52:49 UTC
Created attachment 201976 [details]
shows a break error with multiple tables
Comment 12 email11 2025-07-24 12:54:03 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 email11 2025-07-31 00:46:01 UTC
(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #9)
> Test if Menu>Tools>Update>Update all has some effect.

Did you check the last 2 files I uploaded?
Comment 14 Buovjaga 2026-01-01 19:00:20 UTC
(In reply to email11 from comment #11)
> Created attachment 201976 [details]
> shows a break error with multiple tables

Reproduced by deleting and adding a paragraph after the "Delete and add a few line returns before this table and see the error" paragraph.

Already in oldest of linux-43all repository.

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