[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 36040] EDITING column width does not work for single column table

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36040

Rainer Bielefeld <LibreOffice at bielefeldundbuss.de> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Writer table width - dialog |EDITING column width does
                   |not working                 |not work for single column
                   |                            |table
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
  Status Whiteboard|                            |UNCONFIRMED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID
                 CC|                            |LibreOffice at bielefeldundbus
                   |                            |s.de

--- Comment #1 from Rainer Bielefeld <LibreOffice at bielefeldundbuss.de> 2011-04-07 00:25:53 PDT ---
Effect is reproducible with "LibreOffice 3.3.2  – WIN7  Home Premium  (64bit)
German UI [OOO330m19 (Build:202 / tag 3.3.2.2)]", but it's not a bug.

Sum of column widths always is the table width. If you do the test with a 2
column table and reduce width of 1 of columns, width of the other column will
increase, so that total table width will remain (with 'Table Properties > Table
> Alignment = Automatic'.

In a 1 column table there is no other column that can balance width
modifications in the only existing column, so you can not adjust column width,
you will have to adjust table width.

With 'Table Properties > Table > Alignment = Manual' modifying column width for
a 1 column table  (what also is total table width) can be modified in 'Table
Properties > column' if "Adapt Table Width" has been checked.
With context menu that's not possible because of "hidden" table width setting
"Auto" 

So this is INVALID

But I agree, some aspects of the table editing are not easy to understand or 
illogical. But that can't be changed with a simple  report, we would need a
complete specification similar to 
<http://specs.openoffice.org/writer/tables/enhanced_table_handling.sxw>
to get a consistent solution.

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