Bug 170022 - VIEWING: using different window widths for same document in writer shifts the horizontal view of the document
Summary: VIEWING: using different window widths for same document in writer shifts the...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
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Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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25.8.3.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2025-12-17 15:32 UTC by leopmarcos
Modified: 2026-01-01 03:13 UTC (History)
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Description leopmarcos 2025-12-17 15:32:56 UTC
Description:
When using the multiple window function in LibreOffice Writer (Window -> New Window), the document scrolls horizontally when you focus on each window to try to center the document in the focused window. This only happens if the windows have different widths, which is problematic for certain workflows (e.g., multiple monitors with different resolutions or orientations). My current workarounds are to play with the window sizes until they are exactly the same across monitors or to use an older version of the file for the second window (although that limits my ability to edit in multiple places quickly).

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open any document in LibreOffice Writer
2.Click Window -> New Window to have two views of the same document (the problem also occurs if you create multiple new windows for the same document).
3.Resize one of the windows so it is wider or narrower than the other.
4.Change the focus between the two windows and see the document scroll horizontally.

Actual Results:
If you go back and forth between the windows, the view of the document shifts horizontally to try to center the content in the highlighted window, but the view is shifted by the same amount in the other window. This is problematic in multi-monitor setups in which the monitors have different resolutions or orientations, as it is difficult to get the benefit of seeing two different parts of the document at the same time.

Expected Results:
I would expect the document to not scroll horizontally and just remain centered in both windows at the same time.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.17; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
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