[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Unexpected (not WYSIWYG) behavior of print preview, printing and PDF export of document with Form Fields

[Rainer Bielefeld]

Hi all,

during my investigation I asked myself why we have the List- and Combo- 
and Whatelse-Boxes arrows in the Writer Page Preview. In Print preview 
they do not appear. It seems that that is a little worrying.

Of course there might be good reasons for showing them there (for 
example to find out how page might look if you export to PDF with 
"Create PDF Form"), but in general I think the Page Preview should be 
nearby results you will get with print or export. And at least in a 
print there is no reason to show these arrow pulldown elements, see my 
comment <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61736#c4>.

In OOo 2.0.3 I see a page preview without these peulldwon arrow elements 
or spin buttons. In OOo 3.1.1 They have appeared.

Any thoughts concerning reasons why the elements are shown and how to 
make the relation preview - Result more intuitive and predictable?

CU

Rainer Bielefeld
(QA-Volunteer)