Bug 89589 - Change the size and position of the window display presentation.
Summary: Change the size and position of the window display presentation.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.3.5.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Slide-Show
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Reported: 2015-02-23 11:48 UTC by Andrey
Modified: 2019-06-27 12:07 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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The program demonstrates that Impress resets the coordinates of the presentation window permanently to 0.0. (838.50 KB, application/x-msdownload)
2017-08-22 09:24 UTC, Andrey
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Description Andrey 2015-02-23 11:48:29 UTC
First, thanks to all the developers LibreOffice for a great product! 
I have a question to the developers. Is it possible to make the next version of Impress opportunity to resize (not resolution!) Windows show presentation? Or, please, at least not tie it programmatically to 0,0 first or second monitor to be able to third-party tools to do it. 

I would like just to the developers added an option to edit the size and position of the window, or removed the forced return of coordinates in 0.0.
Window display presentation PoverPoint allows you to change its position and size. I would like very much to Impress also had the opportunity!

Thanks!

Detailed information: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/46656/resizing-the-window-presentations/
Comment 1 Xisco Faulí 2017-03-02 10:14:08 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 2 Andrey 2017-03-02 11:45:27 UTC
Specially I downloaded the latest version 5.3.
All have the same problem. presentation window can be reduced, but as soon as I slip him the x or y, Impress him forcibly back to the point 0.0 and expands on the full screen.
This is a very bad reaction. In PowerPoint, you can do whatever you like.
Correct it is at last. Well this is a trifle - to remove the rigid and useless to bind to 0.0.
Comment 3 Xisco Faulí 2017-07-26 17:39:48 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2017-08-20 16:02:05 UTC
Do you have a link that describes how PowerPoint does this?
Comment 5 Andrey 2017-08-20 23:21:16 UTC
I have no such links. But if you need I can create a program that demonstrates that PowerPoint allows you to resize the demo window and its location, and Impress blocks this possibility and immediately resets the coordinate change to 0.0. However, the developers Impress, you know exactly about this reaction! So it is not necessary to explain the behavior of Impress to them.

Thank you for not forgetting my request, although for a very long time she was not paying attention.
Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-08-21 21:08:50 UTC
How do you get the presentation in a window instead of full screen? Is it by changing the choice in menu Slide Show > Slide Show Settings ?
When changing from "Full screen" to "In a window" I can change the size and move the window in which the presentation is shown.

Set status to NEEDINFO, please set it back to UNCONFIRMED once requested
informations are provided.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 7 Andrey 2017-08-22 06:52:21 UTC
I wrote about this more than once. Here and there: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/46656/resizing-the-window-presentations/

This is done by third-party programs that can change the size and position of the window of any other program. One of these programs I created myself, because I need to specifically reduce the size and coordinates of the presentation window. Because In fullscreen mode and in the 0,0 coordinate it does not suit me. But PowerPoint allows me to do this with its window and Impress does not give.

Therefore, I wrote that any user can not verify this! This requires a third-party program. But the developers of LibreOfficeImpress know about this strange function very well! But unfortunately, apparently, they have never looked in here yet!
Comment 8 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-08-22 07:06:35 UTC
You do not clearly answer my question: if you set the presentation for a slideshow in a window instead of full screen, is your third-party program able to move and resize the slideshow window?

If that does not work, why are you sure that the problem is on LibreOffice side?

Set status to NEEDINFO, please set it back to UNCONFIRMED once requested
informations are provided.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 9 Andrey 2017-08-22 07:27:25 UTC
I already wrote that Impress does not allow you to tear the window out of the 0,0 coordinate at all. Once this is done, it immediately resets it to 0.0 and even returns the window to full-screen mode.

I can write for you specifically the program that demonstrates this.
Comment 10 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-08-22 07:32:36 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 Andrey 2017-08-22 07:50:44 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 Buovjaga 2017-08-22 07:56:48 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 Andrey 2017-08-22 09:24:45 UTC
Created attachment 135721 [details]
The program demonstrates that Impress resets the coordinates of the presentation window permanently to 0.0.

Before running my program, run any presentation in Impress (F5)
Comment 14 Andrey 2017-08-22 09:27:11 UTC
Comment on attachment 135721 [details]
The program demonstrates that Impress resets the coordinates of the presentation window permanently to 0.0.

Before running my program, run any presentation in Impress (F5)
Comment 15 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-08-22 09:46:35 UTC
(In reply to Andrey from comment #14)
> Comment on attachment 135721 [details]
> The program demonstrates that Impress resets the coordinates of the
> presentation window permanently to 0.0.
> 
> Before running my program, run any presentation in Impress (F5)

Thank you but it is a MS-Windows exe. Can't use it on Linux. Do you have something portable and buildable on other plateforms?

Best regards. JBF
Comment 16 Andrey 2017-08-22 10:22:40 UTC
Unfortunately under Linux I do not write programs yet. Try it maybe through Wine run.
Comment 17 Andrey 2017-08-22 10:25:10 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 18 Buovjaga 2017-08-22 10:50:02 UTC
(In reply to Andrey from comment #17)
> But this is not so important, because only developers LibreOffice know this
> problem / defect and only they can fix it. Thank you personally for trying
> to help!

Who are these developers that you know are aware of this? You have personally confirmed it with someone?
Comment 19 Andrey 2017-08-22 12:54:21 UTC
Well, it's already clear! ))) Who else knows the program than its developer ?! I myself will be a developer and know my programs well.

They know exactly about this because This is not an unexpected error, but a special function that returns a window of 0.0.
Comment 20 Buovjaga 2017-08-22 13:56:41 UTC
(In reply to Andrey from comment #19)
> Well, it's already clear! ))) Who else knows the program than its developer
> ?! I myself will be a developer and know my programs well.

Let me explain something. The LibreOffice codebase is like a Lost World with mystical sights and creatures. A person will know it, if they wander into this world and study it.

If we were to guess, the developer who created the codepaths you are referring to is no longer working on LibreOffice.
Comment 21 Andrey 2017-08-22 14:33:42 UTC
Aaa that is, you even know that there is no this developer. Got it. But I think the code is available for editing by the rest of the developers. And they could fix it a little. This of course is not cretitical, but I would like that Impress could be used in my tasks. Moreover, it is a free and excellent alternative to PP.
Comment 22 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-08-22 14:54:19 UTC
Please could you answer my questions in comment #8:

- the first one: answer by Yes or No
Note that if you set the slide show to play in a window, this window is the editor window and may not have (0,0) as coordinates.

- the second one: please explain.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 23 Andrey 2017-08-22 15:38:36 UTC
And how do I start the presentation in the window? Or do you mean watch it in the editor? But this option is not suitable since this window is not for viewing but for editing with different extra buttons.
Comment 24 Andrey 2017-08-22 15:57:35 UTC
I already guessed how to set up the presentation to run in the editor window! Thank you for such a hint.
But this option is not suitable, as I wrote, due to the fact that a lot of excess (the title of the window, menu, buttons, status bar, etc.). Therefore, it is necessary to manage a separate window of the presentation which has nothing superfluous (even frames) except for the slides themselves.
Comment 25 Ed Macauley 2018-11-14 06:50:47 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 26 Andrey 2018-11-14 08:46:07 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 27 Buovjaga 2018-11-14 09:16:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 28 Charlie Jonshon 2019-05-20 14:01:44 UTC Comment hidden (spam)
Comment 29 Xisco Faulí 2019-06-27 12:07:50 UTC
This enhancement has been in UNCONFIRMED status for more than 3 years.
I think it's reasonable to close it as RESOLVED WONTFIX as there's no interest from the community to implement it.