Bug 43313

Summary: TABLE border of merged cell is misplaced (regression since 3.3.4)
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: julius.becker
Component: WriterAssignee: Michael Stahl <mst.fdo>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: cedric.bosdonnat.ooo, LibreOffice, mst.fdo, sasha.libreoffice
Version: 3.4.1 RC1Keywords: regression
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: bibisected35older
i915 platform: i915 features:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 37361    
Attachments: example of the bug
example of the bug (PDF)

Description julius.becker 2011-11-28 10:19:14 UTC
Created attachment 53909 [details]
example of the bug

Hi everyone,

I've found a bug in LibreOffice (3.4.4) Writer concerning the border of a table.

In my document, I have a lot of tables like this one:

++++++++++
+A1+ B1  +
+  +B2+C2+
++++++++++
+A3+B3+C3+

The table head consists of the rows A and B. Cells A1 and A2 are merged, the same for B1 and C1.

So. When I choose a bottom and a top border for rows A and B (width: 0,5pt), there is a little visible break between the bottom border of cell A1 and B2.

One could avoid the problem by using a top border for row C instead of a bottom border for row B, but this workaround isn't useful if the table is longer than the page. In this case, the repeated table head wouldn't have a bottom border.

Since I know that my explanation might be difficult to understand, I've created a example PDF and ODT file. You can download them from Google Docs:
http://goo.gl/65BnB (PDF)  http://goo.gl/IJYgP (ODT)

The first table shows the break (you probably have to zoom in), the second the workaround.

In my oppinion, there shouldn't be a visible difference between table 1 and 2, so I think that this is a bug.


Julius
Comment 1 julius.becker 2011-11-28 10:20:59 UTC
Created attachment 53910 [details]
example of the bug (PDF)
Comment 2 sasha.libreoffice 2012-02-13 05:32:56 UTC
reproduced on 3.5.0 rc 3 and 3.6.0 master on Fedora 64 bit
but not reproduced in 3.3.4, therefore regression
bottom border in first table misplaced, but displacement is very small, my be hard to find it on screen
Comment 3 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2012-02-13 07:31:36 UTC
[Reproducible] with "LibreOffice 3.4.1RC1  – WIN7  Home Premium  (64bit) English UI [OOO340m1 (Build:101)]", I believe tht came with 3.4.0

If this one is a "Most Annoying Bug", I really would like to see an example for a "Normal" one :-/
Comment 4 Björn Michaelsen 2012-02-22 02:16:10 UTC
regression between 3.3->3.4 => bibisected35older
Comment 5 julius.becker 2012-05-19 00:43:09 UTC
@Rainer Bielefeld
I finally understand your comment about the "most annoying bug". I just want to mention that it wasn't me who added the bug to this category.
Comment 6 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-19 03:24:42 UTC
I added this to MAB because of regression. Sorry for misunderstanding.
Comment 7 Michael Stahl 2012-08-20 18:07:44 UTC
cannot reproduce on current 3.5, 3.6 or master;
turns out it's fixed by the fix for bug 39415

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 39415 ***

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