Bug 64242

Summary:	TABLE: correct UX handling of "Distribute" and "Equally Space" table Columns and Rows
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEEDINFO ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium	CC:	cno, jmadero.dev, vstuart.foote
Version:	Inherited From OOo
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44871 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=58326
Whiteboard:	UX
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description V Stuart Foote 2013-05-05 16:03:56 UTC

In the Table > Autofit drop down menu there are entries: 
"Distribute Columns Evenly"
"Distribute Rows Evenly"

The respective F1 - Help for each shows an article:
"Space Columns Equally"
Adjusts the width of the selected columns to match the width of the widest column in the selection. The total width of the table cannot exceed the width of the page.

"Space Rows Equally"
Adjusts the height of the selected rows to match the height of the tallest row in the selection.

Presently: 
1) No capability to distribute table rows equally in Writer Tables.  Rather the existing Table > Autofit > "Distribute Rows Equally" is misleading and performs a resize of all rows simply assigning equal spacing against the tallest row. The Table expands vertically in response.

2) No capability to evenly space Columns in Writer Tables. Rather the exsiting Table > Autofit > "Distribute Columns Equally" performs a distribution resizing into the existing table width.

3) the F1 - help entries for the two existing Distribute actions are incorrect.

Question for UX-Advise

Proper Distribution of Columns and Rows within a Table is a very useful layout action. Likewise for actions for Equal Spacing of Columns and Rows.  Should the Table > Autofit menu have entries for both "Distribute" and "Equal Spacing" of columns and rows, and consistent F1 - Help entries?

Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2013-05-05 16:06:19 UTC

setting version back to 3.3.4 as reported in

Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2013-05-05 17:09:10 UTC

this UX issue came over with OOo migration, have set LibreOffice version to earliest.

Comment 3 Cor Nouws 2013-09-04 15:30:20 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)

> The respective F1 - Help for each shows an article:
> "Space Columns Equally"
> Adjusts the width of the selected columns to match the width of the widest
> column in the selection. The total width of the table cannot exceed the
> width of the page.
> 
> "Space Rows Equally"
> Adjusts the height of the selected rows to match the height of the tallest
> row in the selection.


Both work as described for me in 4.1.1.2
For the Columns: I tried with a table that is not as wide as the text margin ..

Comment 4 Joel Madero 2014-07-21 01:28:24 UTC

Hey V Stuart - you mind giving exact steps on how to reproduce this? I'm not horrible familiar with tables in writer. Also verifying that the issue still exists in 4.3. Thanks!

Putting this in NEEDINFO - once you retest and give us some repro steps please put it in UNCONFIRMED and we'll try again. Thanks again

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