[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 118281] Form control information for Text Box use 'cm' for units, not units as selected in other dialogs.

Fri Jun 22 18:24:14 UTC 2018

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118281

--- Comment #3 from Michael Tiernan <Michael.Tiernan at gMail.com> ---
(In reply to Alex Thurgood from comment #2)
> When you say that you expect a "central setting to be respected", I assume
> that you mean a "central setting from within LO" ?

Sorry. Yes, in essence.

The rulers on the page and the units shown by the 'position and size' dialog
(or sidebar) are in inches but this dialog box seems to ignore (sorry, most
accurate word here) any settings that tell LO to use a different unit of
measure.

I assume (*cough*) that LO is is either using specific units based on OS
reported location, or LO assumes location standards based on it's internal
settings, or some other mechanism.

I cannot say for certain that /my/ settings are fully (or correctly) configured
but all indications are that LO should be aware that a different measurement
unit should be in force.

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I have gone through a sequence of screenshots and tried to show the reasoning
that I'm following.

Attached is a PDF showing all the screens involved. I started with the version
information and then the settings.

Next I created a blank document and showed the settings associated with that
doc. Now I create a text box and a text field and show the settings for them.

The last two screenshots are my going back and creating the text field and
showing all the measuremnts in the control screen.

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I'm going to download the new version of the beta and make sure it behaves the
same.

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