Bug 98660 - UI: select in table data view scroll bar scrolls multiple pages (Windows)
Summary: UI: select in table data view scroll bar scrolls multiple pages (Windows)
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.1.1.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Scrollbars
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Reported: 2016-03-14 21:38 UTC by jodo
Modified: 2019-06-26 02:47 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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database (578.00 KB, application/vnd.sun.xml.base)
2016-04-16 23:51 UTC, jodo
Details
video of problem (7.67 MB, video/x-ms-wmv)
2016-08-16 03:31 UTC, jodo
Details

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Description jodo 2016-03-14 21:38:31 UTC
In Base: Table Data View, the first select (click) in a scroll bar shaft usually scrolls one page, as expected.  But, subsequent selects in the same shaft scroll many pages.  As if the select was done many times.  That can take a long time to complete as pages are scrolled one at a time.

The page up and page down keyboard buttons work correctly.  The up and down arrows on the scroll bar work correctly.  Dragging the scroll box works correctly.  Selecting one shaft (either up or down), then the other, works.  That is, the first select on a shaft seems to scroll a single page.  The subsequent selects on that same shaft seem to scroll multiple pages.

This has been a problem for many versions.  It seems to be less severe in 5.1.1.3 than it was in 5.1.0.3 and prior versions, scrolling fewer pages. But, that's only with a few minutes testing.  Problem not observed with any other applications.  Only LObase.
Comment 1 raal 2016-03-22 07:15:55 UTC
Hello,

Thank you for filing the bug. Please send us a sample document, as this makes it easier for us to verify the bug. 
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO', so please do change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' once you have attached a document.
(Please note that the attachment will be public, remove any sensitive information before attaching it.)
How can I eliminate confidential data from a sample document?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FAQ#How_can_I_eliminate_confidential_data_from_a_sample_document.3F
Thank you
Comment 2 jodo 2016-04-16 23:51:52 UTC
Created attachment 124418 [details]
database

If document requested is a database, testDB.odb is attached.

Open a table in table data view.  First select on a scroll bar shaft moves one page in the desired direction.  Subsequent select on the same shaft may move multiple pages.  Even continuously until the pointer is moved out of the window, when scrolling stops and the view changes back to the next page that should have been shown from a one page scroll.

It still does that with version 5.1.2.2 (x64).
Comment 3 jodo 2016-04-23 05:08:23 UTC
LibreOfficeDev_5.2.0.0.alpha1_Win_x64 still has the problem
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2016-05-02 13:05:46 UTC
No problem for me.

Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5
Version: 5.2.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 540fee2dc7553152914f7f1d8a41921e765087ef
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.5; UI Render: default; 
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8)
Built on April 30th 2016
Comment 5 Alex Thurgood 2016-06-17 07:21:57 UTC
I don't seem to be able to reproduce with 

Version: 5.1.3.2
Build ID: 644e4637d1d8544fd9f56425bd6cec110e49301b
CPU Threads: 2; OS Version: Mac OS X 10.11.5; UI Render: default; 
Locale: fr-FR (fr.UTF-8)

but not having an index in the sample tables by which to judge where the jump is made to doesn't help. 

For me this is WFM
Comment 6 Alex Thurgood 2016-07-22 07:53:09 UTC
@jodo : My understanding is that by design, in order to have a trade off between performance on the one hand and user experience on the other, LibreOffice Base caches a certain number of results from the result set and then "paints" the cached rows to the window. The cached results held in memory perhaps do not correspond exactly to what you consider to be one page, hence perhaps your perception (real or otherwise) that the results jump more than "one page", i.e. more than the logical display that should be painted within the window.

Perhaps a Base dev can comment on what is supposed to happen ? Adding Lionel to CC.

Lionel : how is the display supposed to be refreshed when subsequent presses on the up/down arrow of the resultset window are activated ?
Comment 7 Lionel Elie Mamane 2016-07-22 09:13:44 UTC
(In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #6)
> @jodo : My understanding is that by design, in order to have a trade off
> between performance on the one hand and user experience on the other,
> LibreOffice Base caches a certain number of results from the result set and
> then "paints" the cached rows to the window. The cached results held in
> memory perhaps do not correspond exactly to what you consider to be one
> page, hence perhaps your perception (real or otherwise) that the results
> jump more than "one page", i.e. more than the logical display that should be
> painted within the window.

The cache story is true (and if I remember well, the cache window is about twice the display window, or 40, whichever is bigger), but that is unrelated to the current bug; it is just a cache and has absolutely no influence on how much the display window is moved when.

So if this can be reproduced, it is a real bug.
Comment 8 jodo 2016-08-16 03:31:27 UTC
Created attachment 126852 [details]
video of problem

At 3 seconds, pointer moved to scroll bar and selected.
Window advanced one page, as desired.
At 8s, another select.
Continuous page advancement started.
At 27s, pointer moved to column a and selected once.
Page advancement continued to end of recording.
Comment 9 Alex Thurgood 2016-09-15 14:25:01 UTC
The problem could be windows specific. You video seems to show that repeated clicking on the down arrow causes the commands to be executed with a delay, and that maybe there is a mismatch between the mouse click event and the redraw of the screen thereby giving an impression of incorrect page jumping.
Comment 10 jodo 2016-09-17 00:01:04 UTC
Of course the problem may be Win-specific, or specific to my Win.  I am the only one who both suffers from it and reported it.  However, LibreOffice is the only program that does this.

There was not repeated selection of the down arrow.  There was no selection of the down arrow.  The mouse clicks were precisely as specified in comment 8.  One select in the page down trough.  Another at the same spot 5 seconds later.  That event caused continuous page down in the window without any more button activity.  The mouse is not broken.  The button was not stuck.  There was only one SB_PAGEDOWN event.  The page jumping was not an impression.  The video shows that it happened.  Incessant page down as if LO kept performing pagedown events.
Comment 11 Alex Thurgood 2016-09-19 15:40:02 UTC
jod : of course, your video shows the problem, but QA relies on independent confirmation, firstly on the same OS, and also after comparison with other OSes (in case the problem is OS-agnostic). We need a Windows QA member to be able to test the issue on a Windows machine with the LO version you indicate to see if it is reproducible there too. In the meantime, this report will remain unconfirmed.
Comment 12 Buovjaga 2016-10-06 12:01:06 UTC
PageDown scrolls about 90 records at a time.
I observed the scrollbar does about the same. I did not observe more with the scrollbar.
I did not see it get stuck like in the vid, even though I scrolled to the last record of Table1.

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 7da2f3ce9f7b049c177a735a146dae84a764d3f7
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.1; UI Render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@42, Branch:master, Time: 2016-10-04_03:49:06
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI); Calc: CL
Comment 13 Alex Thurgood 2017-04-07 07:56:49 UTC
@jodo : can you try with a latest version of LibreOffice and see if the problem is still there for you ?


Also, and this is a bit of a shot in the dark, can you tell us whether OpenGL is activated in your LibreOffice preferences ?

Seting to NEEDINFO
Comment 14 jodo 2017-04-07 23:10:34 UTC
Alex,
The problem is still in 5.3.2.2 (x64).
Both with and without 
  Use OpenGL for all rendering.
In both cases, it said 
  GL is currently disabled 
at the bottom of the Graphics Output section of LO View Options.
Comment 15 QA Administrators 2017-10-30 10:54:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 16 jodo 2017-11-02 21:03:23 UTC
questions answered in comment 14
Comment 17 Xisco Faulí 2018-11-26 19:15:02 UTC
Dear jodo,
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice
from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 18 QA Administrators 2019-05-26 02:52:44 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 19 QA Administrators 2019-06-26 02:47:27 UTC
Dear jodo,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
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