Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 119671
Making it easier to lay out form elements
Last modified: 2012-06-24 07:29:38 UTC
Seeking an easier way of laying out form elements. Right now, after creating a form element, one has to spend a lot of time getting the PositionX, PositionY, Width and Height just right if one wants it to fit in nicely with the cell - without blocking out parts of its grid ( http://i.imgur.com/7oeAU.png => http://i.imgur.com/idTKV.png) - or being too crammed to the left. I'm thinking: - A "Snap to grid" that snaps to the actual cell grid - A "Spacing to contents" for form elements such as Option Buttons, Check Boxes etc. so that they don't get too crammed to the left - "Text padding" for the text inside List Boxes etc. so that they too don't get too crammed to the left (currently one has to add a leading whitespace to remedy this: http://i.imgur.com/H7Yye.png) Like Kevin Grignon said, and I hope he don't mind me quoting him: "Indeed, smarter defaults would reduce the amount of secondary formatting and form layout refinements - making for a better experience."
Verified on AOO3.4.O Rev. 1327774, and I change the status from Unconfirmed to confirmed.
adjusting issue types and severity according suggestion from Bin Guo
Created attachment 78444 [details] Padding / spacing to contents - Before
Created attachment 78445 [details] Padding / spacing to contents - After
please have a look at: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=33783 can not set AnchorType of a control in calc via API https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=10019 Controls are loosing their position even if they are move protected