Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 16967
implement column-like editing
Last modified: 2017-05-20 10:13:05 UTC
not divide pages into columns, but: allow the user to set start and end markings on the vertical ruler for the purpose of indicating start and end border of a column. allow the user to set multiple such corresponding start and end markings. give those markings a context menu with which the user can set the current active column and also switch back to full page width editing. What the column editing does: it restricts editing to the column width: line, break, centering, right-justifiying, block-justifying all work, but only relative to this column. The user stays in this column mode until he explicitly switches back to full width mode. There can be several columns parallely: the user just indicates the column to be used (by selecting one from the ruler) and sets the caret on the line he wants to start editing in. It's no problem that there might be another column defined already on either side.
jw: reassigned to jw
jw: i think you can use sections in OOo for your needs. instead of formating the page with columns take sections where you are able to set start/end borders set diffent width, borderstyles and etc.
jw: set to invalid
jw: changed status to closed
I didn't know about sections; they are not unhandy (btw.: make "editing" them more transparent: it's not clear that a vertical grey line seperates sections, some indication "section 1", "rest", ... (as a context tip or some other indication in the gui) and a context menu option "Section..." for sections will be helpful), but it doesn't allow me to do what I liked. First a clarification: currently, "columns" are more or less fixed columns where text flows inside column 1, then onto column 2 and so on. What I like is an extension of the current "line border system" where one can drag the left top indicator on the vertical ruler and the right bottom indicator on this ruler to define start and end of the text flow in the lines of a paragraph. under this context, see the original description again; note: those should be fixed start and end markings on the vertical ruler and one explicitly has to enter such a column; start and end marking of different columns may overlap. Regarding the "There can be several columns parallely": this means "~ with text in them on one/several line/s". I hope it's clearer now. Reason for having such editing: simpler more custom layouts when eg. working with images and text to be placed at these images.
jw: set prio to p3 reassigned to bh
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issue still valid as per OOo 3.0 Beta m2.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
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