[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 118831] New: Vertical alignment default should be top, not bottom

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118831

            Bug ID: 118831
           Summary: Vertical alignment default should be top, not bottom
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 3.3.0 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Calc
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: dcollins at superdan.net

Description:
Currently the default for vertical alignment sets contents to the bottom of a
cell. This seems counter to how most readers parse a page from top-down. For
example, if a table is made with wrapped text in the cells, and one cell is
much shorter than an adjacent, it's hard to connect the default/bottom-aligned
text with the adjacent text that starts higher up the page. (And this is
exacerbated if cells are colored or grid lines are shut off.)

This can be solved by setting vertical alignment to "top", of course, but I'm
unclear why the default use-case would ever be bottom in the first place.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make table with at least two columns.
2. Set Properties: Wrap text automatically in all cells.
3. Fill one column with short text, the other with longer text.

Actual Results:
Note that the short text is by default aligned to bottom of cell, making it
difficult to tell visually which adjacent text it is matched with. 

Expected Results:
Per standard top-down reading, one would expect top-aligned text, and first
lines of adjacent cells matching vertical position.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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