Bug 76932 - No scrolling in --help GUI / "Help Message" window
Summary: No scrolling in --help GUI / "Help Message" window
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.2.1.1 release
Hardware: Other Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: BSA
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Blocks: Commandline
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Reported: 2014-04-02 07:44 UTC by genial.daneben
Modified: 2016-12-23 05:13 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description genial.daneben 2014-04-02 07:44:22 UTC 
Starting LibreOffice.../program/soffice.exe --help from command-line, a window/dialog opens with command/switch descriptions, the text goes past its height, but no scrolling option is available.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start soffice --help from CLI
2. "Help Message" window opens
3. Maximize, try to Ctrl+A the text, etc the "Help Message" window, no way to read the whole text.
4. Close button doesn't work too (probably the "textbox" overlays it).

Also:
Why not echo description to stdout (so it can be dumped to file)?
Why no "/?" alias for windows? 
Operating System: Windows 7
Version: 4.2.1.1 release
Comment 1 genial.daneben 2014-04-02 08:13:43 UTC 
4.2.2.1 - same thing
Comment 2 tommy27 2014-07-22 04:44:16 UTC 
what about LibO 4.2.5.2?
Comment 3 genial.daneben 2014-08-16 13:21:33 UTC 
Basically same thing. The message window does fit into a 1920x1080 screen (couldn't try before), but on lower resolutions it again lays over the close button/past dialog bottom; text cannot be selected.
Why not just add a memo/textbox?
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2014-11-12 10:29:18 UTC 
Confirmed, setting as enhancement.

Win 7 64-bit Version: 4.4.0.0.alpha2+
Build ID: b021b5983c62e266b82d9f0c5c6d8d8900553827
TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2014-11-12_00:19:18
Comment 5 Mike Kaganski 2016-12-23 05:05:08 UTC 
I believe that changes to bug 100826 have made this bug obsolete. Now the --help output is shown in a console window (either caller's if used from CLI, or a new one), and it has usual console's scrolling capabilities.
Comment 6 tommy27 2016-12-23 05:13:40 UTC 
thanks for informations Mike.
let's set this as WORKSFORME
anyone feel free to reopen if you are not agree.