[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 100537] Width and relative checkboxes disabled in Table dialog by default with automatic alignment

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100537

Justin L <jluth at mail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |NOTABUG
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #13 from Justin L <jluth at mail.com> ---
The big question in my mind is WHY would automatic positioning prevent
adjusting width, relativity, or proportional column adjustment?

The answer looks pretty simple. Automatic means relative size always = 100%,
right? So then it also doesn't make sense to talk about shrinking or growing
all columns. They can't shrink or grow if they must always maintain 100% table
size.

The benefit of automatic comes when changing page size etc - the table will
automatically increase/decrease to match the new page size. So in a sense it is
synonymous with relative == 100%, but probably there is also more to it than
that.

In any case, this seems to be a good enough reason NOT to make "Left" alignment
be the default - unless relative 100% is also forced by default. (RTL people I
am sure would not be happy with a default of Left as well.)

In terms of blocking the checkbox for adjusting column width proportionally,
the code exists this way (without any documented reason) since initial import.
    m_bModifyTable = true;
    if (m_pTableData->GetWidthPercent() ||
                text::HoriOrientation::FULL == nTableAlign ||
                        m_pTableData->IsLineSelected()  )
        m_bModifyTable = false;

"Percentage" based columns can not be proportionally adjusted for the same
reason as "Automatic". IsLineSelected suggests possibly multiple rows have been
selected, and that should also prevent self-adjusting columns (since merged
cells might mean different number of columns for different rows).

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