Bug 49171 - FORMATTING: Header background color not changed correctly when Same content left/right unset
Summary: FORMATTING: Header background color not changed correctly when Same content l...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168196
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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3.5.2 release
Hardware: All All
: low minor
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Blocks: Writer-Header-Footer
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Reported: 2012-04-26 07:54 UTC by Angelo Locritani
Modified: 2025-09-04 12:40 UTC (History)
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Description Angelo Locritani 2012-04-26 07:54:07 UTC 
With option "Same content left/right" unset in header property window, when changing background color the new color is applied to the odd page only.

This happens even if I open property window of the header right-clicking on a even page.

To reproduce:
open or create a 2 page long document and assign a color to header;
unset the "Same content left/right" option;
change the header background color;
the color is changed on first page only.
Comment 1 Cody 2012-04-28 22:12:37 UTC 
LibreOffice 3.5.2.2
Build ID: 281b639-6baa1d3-ef66a77-d866f25-f36d45
Running on Windows 7 Pro, SP1, 64 bit edition

The results were reproducible. If you separate the odd and even headers by unchecking the “Same content left/right” field under the header settings, then you cannot change the background of even paged headers.
Comment 2 Joel Madero 2012-09-17 00:14:29 UTC 
Verified, confirming and prioritizing.

LO: Version 3.6.1.2 (Build ID: e29a214)

Minor: Doesn't prevent high quality work but makes it so user has to avoid using certain feature (coloring headers differently header/footer). 

Low: This feature probably doesn't affect man users at all as most users don't want different colors for headers (most users don't even use headers). 

None the less acknowledged that it's annoying and don't misunderstand the priority. This doesn't mean that we won't look at the bug, all it means is that when compared to more serious bugs (crashing, RAM drains, etc...) this bug isn't that serious. Developers take multiple things into consideration when choosing which bugs to address, priority is only one of those :) 

Thanks for reporting.

Just to clarify steps:
open or create a 2 page long document and assign a color to header;
Go to format -> Page -> Header;
unset the "Same content left/right" option;
Click on More... button;
change the header background color;
the color is changed on odd pages only (in this case, only page 1, but if you have more than two pages it will be all odd pages).
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2015-01-05 17:51:32 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2015-01-22 16:41:39 UTC 
Reproduced.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 4.5.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 07e84cae983c08afdba03018413a19d01abb3006
TinderBox: Win-x86@62-TDF, Branch:MASTER, Time: 2015-01-19_06:15:38
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2016-02-21 08:35:37 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2019-05-14 02:54:33 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2021-05-14 04:10:27 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 LeroyG 2022-02-02 00:29:27 UTC 
This happen if do you 

(In reply to Joel Madero from comment #2)
> open or create a 2 page long document and assign a color to header;
> Go to format -> Page -> Header;
> unset the "Same content left/right" option;

OK, and latter

> Go to format -> Page -> Header;
> Click on More... button;


Version: 7.1.8.1 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e1f30c802c3269a1d052614453f260e49458c82c
CPU threads: 1; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: x11
Locale: es-MX (es_AR.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

See related question: https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/intestazioni-e-pie-di-pagina-con-formati-diversi/73300/2
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2024-02-03 03:15:47 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete, spam)
Comment 10 Justin L 2025-09-04 12:40:56 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 168196 ***