Bug 90555 - UI: Formula Editor allows As character formula object to be repositioned in the vertical
Summary: UI: Formula Editor allows As character formula object to be repositioned in ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Formula-Editor Anchor-and-Text-Wrap
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Reported: 2015-04-10 17:07 UTC by Gordo
Modified: 2023-10-05 05:11 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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screenshot1 (42.59 KB, image/png)
2015-04-17 12:24 UTC, Gordo
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Description Gordo 2015-04-10 17:07:35 UTC
1. New Text Document.
2. Insert → Object → Formula.
3. Click on an Element.
4. Fill in the placeholders.
5. Escape back to document.
6. Right click on formula → Object → Type tab.
Note:
Object anchor is As character.  The greyed out Position is Vertical From bottom by .38cm to Base line.
7. Cancel out of Object dialogue.
8. Double click on formula.
9. Hover mouse over border of formula to get directional crosshair.
10. Left click drag formula down the page a bit.
11. Escape back to document.
12. Right click on formula → Object → Type tab.
Result:
The greyed out Position is Vertical From bottom displays a different value.  At this point we could undo, but we're not.
13. Double click on formula.
Result:
Formula box has scroll arrows.  While the zoom in the menu is greyed out, there is still a zoom slider in the status bar and a tool tip for the zoom dialogue box to the right of the slider.  As I was typing this up, I switched to another document and came back to the formula editor.  The zoom percentages in the menu were no longer greyed out.  They didn't do anything anyway except change the zoom on my other document.  Anyway, in the formula editor, if you slide the zoom level down then the formula reappears.  Leaving the formula, going back into the document, and coming back into the formula brings the arrows back.  Saving the document does not keep the arrows.
14. Escape back to document.
15. Right click on formula → Object → Type tab.
16. Change anchor to “To character” then back to “As character” (not the vertical value is 0) and OK.
Result:
Assuming document saves and re-openings, the user is going to have a bad time trying to realign the formula.

Workaround:
If the document has been saved and reopened, you can drag the formula in the editor and then click on update which will reset the position.  Or you can click in the text portion of the formula editor, add a space and then delete it.

An image as character does not have the vertical position greyed out in the dialogue.


1. New Text Document.
2. Insert → Object → Formula.
3. Click on an Element.
4. Fill in the placeholders.
5. Hover mouse over border of formula to get directional crosshair.
6. Left click drag formula down the page a bit.
7. Escape back to document.
9. Turn on non-printing characters.
10. Place cursor after formula and type “test”.
Result:
Empty paragraph in the upper margin.  Saving and reopening document gets rid of the extra paragraph.

Version: 4.4.2.2
Build ID: c4c7d32d0d49397cad38d62472b0bc8acff48dd6
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2015-04-17 12:17:04 UTC
(In reply to Gordo from comment #0)
> 13. Double click on formula.
> Result:
> Formula box has scroll arrows.  While the zoom in the menu is greyed out,

Could not reproduce. The formula box looks just as before. Everything before step 13. went like you described.

Could you attach a screenshot of the issue?

Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided the screenshot.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit, Version: 4.4.2.2
Build ID: c4c7d32d0d49397cad38d62472b0bc8acff48dd6
Locale: fi_FI
Comment 2 Gordo 2015-04-17 12:24:27 UTC
Created attachment 114857 [details]
screenshot1
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2015-04-17 12:40:26 UTC
Thanks. I'll set to NEW as the important steps were reproduced.

Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit
LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 09:24:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2019-12-03 14:35:38 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2021-12-03 04:36:37 UTC
Dear Gordo,

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