Issue 18527 - Add support for relative tab positions
Summary: Add support for relative tab positions
Status: CLOSED FIXED
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Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC3
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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Reported: 2003-08-22 13:34 UTC by lduperval
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:35 UTC (History)
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Description lduperval 2003-08-22 13:34:44 UTC 
I would like to be able to set tabs at relative positions. I.e. at 50% (which
would be in the middle), at 100% (which would be at the far right), etc.
That way, if you set your document to use columns or if you change the
margins on each side of the paragraph, the formatting wouldn't be lost.
Comment 1 rblackeagle 2003-08-22 17:43:40 UTC 
Sounds like a good idea. I thought about such things as "page right",
"page center" and "page left" but I realized that sometimes I need
tabs evenly spaced at 1/4th or 1/5th margins and didn't want to use
tables to do it (spacing problems make tables a nightmare).  The text
doesn't get put where I want it, but having something like this (put a
"%" after the position under the Tab tab to make them percentages)
would certainly make my life easier.

I had a situation with needing spacing that went like this:

Left tab at left margin.
Center tab at 1/4th page width.
Left tab at 1/2 page width.
Right tab at right margin.

I got it right, eventually, but it took me a long time of measuring,
printing, checking, changing tab positions, printing, checking and
repeating over and over until it was right.  Your suggested
enhancement would be a decided improvement.
Comment 2 h.ilter 2003-08-25 15:35:44 UTC 
Reassigned to BH
Comment 3 ace_dent 2008-05-16 02:09:38 UTC 
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently 'Unconfirmed' pending review, but has not been
updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the
latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed.
Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
 
Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of:
~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~
http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
Comment 4 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 15:08:23 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".
Comment 5 Edwin Sharp 2014-03-25 20:39:52 UTC 
Tabs can be positioned freely on the ruler.
AOO410m14(Build:9760)  -  Rev. 1573062
2014-03-01_04:11:01 - Rev. 1573123
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