Bug 170522 - The dotted lines for the page size and copied items are the same color and type of dotted line making it difficult to tell which is which.
Summary: The dotted lines for the page size and copied items are the same color and ty...
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.4.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2026-01-29 06:43 UTC by a4jp.com
Modified: 2026-02-06 20:31 UTC (History)
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Dotted lines (237.01 KB, image/png)
2026-01-29 06:46 UTC, a4jp.com
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Description a4jp.com 2026-01-29 06:43:33 UTC
Description:
The dotted lines for the Page Style > Paper Format and copied items are the same color and type of dotted line making it difficult to tell which is which.

Can we get different colors and accessibility settings later on to even chose the colors if possible? Can you make the colored dotted lines for the copied bit also animated marching ants?

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy a block of text larger than the viewable space
2. Scroll a bit and paste the content
3. Now you can't tell which is the page border or line from the copied area.

Actual Results:
The dotted lines for the page size and copied items are the same color. This makes it difficult to tell which is which.

Expected Results:
The dotted lines would be different colors and animated marching ants if possible. Different colors: The border line, background color or some type of animated zebra lines.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes

Additional Info:
[Information automatically included from LibreOffice]
Locale: en-US
Module: SpreadsheetDocument
[Information guessed from browser]
OS: Windows 11
OS is 64bit: Yes
Comment 1 a4jp.com 2026-01-29 06:46:58 UTC
Created attachment 205252 [details]
Dotted lines

It is difficult to tell if 128/129 or 131/132 is the actual border of the page.
Comment 2 LeroyG 2026-02-01 14:49:52 UTC
Not a problem with:
Version: 25.2.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 5cbfd1ab6520636bb5f7b99185aa69bd7456825d
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: es-MX (es_ES); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

The copied area have moving ants, and the dash size is smaller than that of the page line.

Furthermore: I use a customized color for document background, and the copied area line is black and white, and the page area line is black and transparent.
Comment 3 LeroyG 2026-02-06 20:31:02 UTC
I don't see the moving ants with:
Version: 24.8.7.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 480(Build:2)
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: es-MX (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

So, it must be a system configuration.