Allow the user to adjust the width of the comment bar independent of other settings. Right now the comment bar is a fixed size in print layout, and can only be adjust in web layout by zooming in to make text larger.
I support this enhancement request. Best regards. JBF
I too support this feature request. As it stands, collaboration quickly becomes cluttered as the length and number of comments on any given page grows.
This has been requested also in bug 97341 and as a part of bug 95958
For what it's worth, I'd like to endorse this enhancement too. There is a "format comment" menu entry, but what it brings up is the ability to change the attributes of the characters used in comments. I'd like to suggest adding an additional feature in the dialogue that comes up that allows you to set the width of the comment box. (I happen to be using LO Version: 6.0.3.2 on a Mac.) Or it could be a part of the general preferences dialogues somewhere.
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Created attachment 149069 [details] Comment section Change width
Created attachment 149070 [details] Screenshot of the comments bar My laptop is Dell XPS 12 9q23. The screen size is 12'. The resolution is 1080p. The version I am using is 6.0.6.2. My problem is also related with a narrow width of the comment section. I have attached the screenshot.
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I also vote for this feature.
I'd say that this feature is very important! LO is a great piece of software but working with document with lots of comments is still a big issue. It's hardly possible to follow. The visible part of a comment is tiny (you have to scroll within the comment which makes it hard to follow); comments are not aligned with the text, etc. I had to open the doc with LO online to be able to work (which handles the display of comments a bit better, though also has issues). As much as I resent Google, LO could do with getting a little inspiration from Google Docs hen it comes to usability. Since collaboration on docs has become very normal, I thin it should be a priority for LO to address the redesign of the comment function. Adjusting the width of the comment column/pane seems like good first step to address issues with the display of comments. In addition, making it easier and more dynamic to select comments in a doc so it's more aligned with where the comment relates to in the text (again, in docs with lots of comments it's currently difficult sometimes to find / select the right comment).
In sw/source/uibase/docvw/PostItMgr.cxx, function SwPostItMgr::GetSidebarWidth() I edited the line tools::ULong aWidth = static_cast<tools::ULong>(nZoom * 1.8); and changed it to tools::ULong aWidth = static_cast<tools::ULong>(nZoom * 4.0); This works nicely on my local build, giving me wider comments. Seems that it should be easy enough to provide this value as a user preference rather than hard-compiled in.
dww: Thank you for your work! For this change we essentially need 3 things: 1) Find location of code for comment bar width 2) Make the width value a user setting 3) Provide UI to change bar width (I guess mouse-dragging is a good option here) Now we got (1) done. 👍️
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I also strongly support this enhancement request. My hopes were high that LO 7.0.5.2 may have fixed the issue, but it does not seem to be the case. All my thanks to those who may be working on it. AP
Hello, do we know from any of the LO devs if there is a plan for implementing this feature?
This is still an issue, it is blocking me from working on a word document shared with others who have typed too long comments. I can't read the comments in full. I either need more space for the comments on the side, or I need some way to expand the space to show the entire comment.
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Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/ac2720dcbe4e51e7f6733a385b5f7b571c6431e9 tdf#73953 sw: Allow resizing the comment section It will be available in 24.8.0. 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.
Samuel Mehrbrodt committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/cf9d8631ee5d4b894425446a9e6a8c939ab0309c Related tdf#73953 Increase default comment width It will be available in 24.8.0. 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.
I think it is a good idea for the comment box size to be adjustable. I have used the comment boxes and they can get very crowded. Also, when a text page with comment boxes is printed to pdf, there is a huge amount of waisted space on the right side of the page, which it is not possible to adjust. Should this be listed as a separate bug? Also, comment boxes do not appear in print preview. There is no option to include or exclude comment boxes in the print preview. Should this be listed as a separate bug?
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Testing this change in Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: ba8f4bff6015013013df652efbfaf4d9ae10c881 CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 13.6.3; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: osx Locale: de-DE (en_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Can confirm default width is wider which is a long overdue change. Thanks so much for that, Samuel. Sane defaults are a great thing. What I had issues with to verify is to change comment width. And after fiddling around for 10 minutes I found out, I need to enable ruler (shift + cmd + r on macOS to show ruler). Then I can drag the comment field in the ruler UI to change width. I have nothing against allowing this behavior. But why make it so confusing and complicated to change width? Here's a follow-up issue to implement an easier UX: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159145 There is a remaining problem with redrawing background UI after changing width: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159146 Setting this to verified as the scope of the issue here is probably covered sufficiently. Lets close this 10 year old issue and continue with the new issues for the remaining problems and enhancements.