[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 45789] automatic row height in reports

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45789

--- Comment #6 from Lionel Elie Mamane <lionel at mamane.lu> 2012-03-21 10:33:39 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> And now I have another question: what wrong if we do this behaviour as default.

Well, a row (cell) could take far too much space and fuckup the layout
(depending on how the layout is done).

Whether the "fit to size" thing is desirable depends on the data being shown...
FWIW, in MS Access, one can choose this kind of thing per-control (AutoGrow and
AutoShrink). This allows to do e.g.:

 Name     Number          Data
 Eleonor  1                    short data
 Lionel M 2                     short data
 Ted     

when the name of number one is really "Eleonora Battista Almeire", number 2
"Lionel Mamane"

> I see one advantage: user will not have problems with data that accidentally
> becomes hidden outside of cell. This may produce data loss when document will
> printed. This may increase productivity, because users will have no need to
> check this option each time.
> 
> But may be exist disadvantages for make this as default?

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