Bug 169758 - writer: UI: layout: miscalculation due to formatted link
Summary: writer: UI: layout: miscalculation due to formatted link
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
24.8.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2025-11-30 16:34 UTC by b.
Modified: 2026-01-11 03:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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screenshot showing the misplaced dot. (498.24 KB, image/png)
2025-11-30 16:35 UTC, b.
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Description b. 2025-11-30 16:34:45 UTC
Description:
Description:
See attachment in next comment, the dot in "ยง 4: RESULTS" above the yellow marked part is misplaced.  
I assume because the calculation of the length of "RESULTS", which is a reference to a header formatted in small capitals, doesn't account the formatting and calculates the position for the dot acc. "Results" as shown in the manually typed text below ( yellow marked ). 
 
I have reported quite some issues which are not similar but can also be understood as rooted in miscalculations.  
  
It may depend on my environment, see below, I'm open for hints how to do better, esp. how to configure text and menue icons to a visible size on a 4k screen without "dev options", or be a general problem ... I can't tell.  
  


Steps to Reproduce:
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3. see description,  


Actual Results:
misplaced dot,  


Expected Results:
dot at correct position,  



Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 24.8.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: x11
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Debian package version: 4:24.8.5-2
Calc: threaded  
  
My desktop: Xfce,  
  
My start command:  
GDK_SCALE=2 SAL_FORCEDPI=256 libreoffice --writer

Version: 24.8.5.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: x11
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Debian package version: 4:24.8.5-2
Calc: threaded  
  
My desktop: Xfce,  
  
My start command:  
GDK_SCALE=2 SAL_FORCEDPI=256 libreoffice --writer
Comment 1 b. 2025-11-30 16:35:55 UTC
Created attachment 204347 [details]
screenshot showing the misplaced dot.

screenshot for above bug report.
Comment 2 raal 2026-01-10 09:17:21 UTC
Please attach test file. Thank you.
Comment 3 b. 2026-01-10 10:01:49 UTC
@raal: much work to anonymize, did that for other bugs, no progress, don't have time to invest in things which will just be pushed around for some decades ...