Created attachment 63723 [details] Table with diagonal border.doc Diagonal borders are often used in business tables or tables with technical descriptions. Currently, Writer does not support diagonal borders. Examples for diagonal borders are given in the two attachments. Please add the support of diagonal borders in Writer tables. Competitive analysis: At least the programmes Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect and KWord/Calligra Words support diagonal borders in tables. Due to the lack of this feature in Writer, the import of a MS Word file also fails to import diagonal borders. The related bug report in the Apache OpenOffice bugtracker: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=42606
Created attachment 63724 [details] Table with diagonal border.pdf
inherited from OOo
Verified and marking lowest priority, new. I think it's a valid request but not sure how many people will benefit from it or how much work it will take.
I don't know whether "lowest" is the right decision regarding the priority of this enhancement: * The OpenOffice bug has 37 votes. * Apparently the Korean community is using diagonal borders a lot (see OpenOffice bug entry). * All main competing products support diagonal lines in word processor tables. * I encounter from time to time problems when importing Word documents with tables having diagonal lines.
Honestly, I don't think that raising the priority will make it any more likely to occur. Looking at the open office bug I see that quite a few people multi-voted, so it's not really 37 votes. The lowest enhancement is a combination of the amount of work and how many people will benefit from it -- the first is objective, the second is subjective. I've been using OOo/LO for a really long time and I've personally never thought that I needed diagonal lines, nor have I ever received a document that required me to have them. I'll bring this up in the dev chat and see if I can assign it to someone. The enhancement is more likely to get done if I can locate someone to accept it faster rather than raising the priority. Thanks for the information that you've given.
@Joel: One thing, I fully agree is that there are more urgent bugs and enhancements, which should get attention first.
*** Bug 61734 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 87426 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 110967 [details] common use of crossing Changed priority to medium, cause all my math documents opened incorrectly. It is common to cross top left cell as it is shown on the screenshot
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