Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 66014
Carriage return/line break directly below table cannot be removed
Last modified: 2009-01-01 17:48:15 UTC
To recreate: 1 - Open new Text doc 2 - Ctrl-F12 (Insert.Table) 3 - OK note: you now have a blank document with a table (2x2 in my case) on the first line of the first page 4 - Click directly below the table note: cursor now appears on blank line below table Problem: blank line below table cannot be deleted. Pressing backspace moves the cursor to the last cell of the table. This is particularly annoying when that line happens to cause a page break at the end of a document. Issue 57586 is related but I don't believe it's a duplicate although in alci's 2005-11-14 02:35 comment on that issue he mentions this too. Refer also http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=149894 on the user forums. Note that a workaround exists as per following steps: 1 - Create frame 2 - Create table in frame 3 - type text on the blank line below the table in the frame 4 - select text typed in 3 above 5 - Table.Convert.Text to table... 6 - right click in (single-row) table created in 5 and select Row.Delete Note also that the behaviour of the line break after the table seems to match the behaviour of an object with "No Wrap" setting (e.g. frame). However, on table there appears to be no way of changing the wrap setting of the table.
I'm indicating platfrom PC + WinXP Pro (SP2) + OOo 2.0 as this is what I'm using, but based on other user experiences relayed on forum thread mentioned in original description I believe it does occur on WinXP, OOo 2.0.2 as well. Also, note that the workaround results in the table being inside a frame, which some users might not appreciate.
Reassigned to requirements. A possibility to remove an empty paragraph below a table is desired.
*** Issue 81666 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
worksforme, you can already delete the paragraph after the table. put the cursor at the end of the last cell, then press <ctrl>+<shift>+<del>
Feature already present and working → closing To create a paragraph after the table again, put the cursor at the end of the last cell, then press <alt>+<enter>
Reopen please. Paragraph after a nested table cannot be deleted. Steps to recreate: 1 - Create a table. 2 - Create another table inside the cell of the table created in step 1. 3 - Select the last cell inside the table created in step 2. 4 - Press <ctrl>+<shift>+<del> Expected result: Empty line after the table created in step 2 gets deleted. What happens instead: Cursor moves to the aforementioned line. Of course, right now, the possible alternative is to create a frame and make a new table inside it instead.
nested tables are a different topic, so file a seperate issue please
There is still one situation where the empty paragraph is impossible to remove: after a table at the end of a document. Using Ctrl+Shift+Delete removes the trailing empty paragraph, and the paragraph is not present in the saved document's XML, but on loading, Writer adds the empty paragraph again. This situation is common when a table is used to produce the page layout and may contain the entire document content, e.g. a reference card or catalog. See the attached document for a demonstration.
Created attachment 59105 [details] sample document showing problem