Bug 168204 - Table Properties Column tab starts with a checkbox, in stead of caption box
Summary: Table Properties Column tab starts with a checkbox, in stead of caption box
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
26.2.0.0 alpha0+ master
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Heiko Tietze
URL:
Whiteboard: target:26.2.0
Keywords: difficultyBeginner, easyHack, skillDesign, topicUI
Depends on:
Blocks: Writer-UX Writer-Table-Properties-Dialog
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Reported: 2025-08-31 02:04 UTC by Telesto
Modified: 2025-09-02 13:06 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Telesto 2025-08-31 02:04:23 UTC 
Description:
Table Properties Column tab starts with a checkbox, in stead of caption box

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Writer
2. Insert a able
3. Open Table Properties
4. Walk through various tabs

Actual Results:
The column tab feels out of line (inconsistent), because it doesn't start with some description caption box, but jumps directly into a checkbox setting

Expected Results:
Some caption


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: ccb3362a71f88213615bd39bd819ab8ec20d86cc
CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 14.7.4; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2025-09-01 08:34:26 UTC 
Yes, a GtkFrame around the grid with proper margins is mandatory according our HIG https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Guidelines/PropertyDialog

Code pointer: sw/uiconfig/swriter/ui/tablecolumnpage.ui
Comment 2 Commit Notification 2025-09-02 13:06:34 UTC 
Heiko Tietze committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/a36c258298d2d1ccdd3c169e606d56266de0247c

Resolves tdf#168204 - GtkFrame for columns tab page

It will be available in 26.2.0.

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.