[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 106890] Page orientation of User page size is not determined correctly

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106890

--- Comment #12 from csongor at halmai.hu ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #9)
> (In reply to csongor from comment #7)
> > I still think that the current behaviour is very annoying, counter-intuitive
> > and not understandable for most of the users therefore it should be changed.
> 
> That's vastly exaggerated :-). At maximum it's a minor inconsistency.

OK, I admit, I exaggerated it a bit. :) 



> > I think my proposed idea would be totally clean, not confusing and easy to
> > implement. The following steps should be done.
> > - the Width and Height fields should be kept as they are now
> > - the Orientation radio button should be replaced by a text that displays
> > portrait/square/landscape if w<h, w=h, w>h, respectively
> > - there should be a "Swap Width and Height" button beside the two input
> > fields.  
> 
> That complicates a simple interface way too much. What you ask for is an
> automatic adjustment of portrait or landscape depending on user settings.
> Would have the drawback of unintentional behavior in case you define
> landscape first and manipulate the values later.
> 
> I wonder if all this trouble is a language related thing. Would you still
> request the enhancement when the options have more generic terms and the
> function is called "flip"? (Not voting for this change, just as an example.)

Based on the basic JavaScript example I commented above, do you still think it
is complicated?

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