[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 145673] UI: comment box doesn't expand while typing (scrollbar instead)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145673

Telesto <telesto at surfxs.nl> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Telesto <telesto at surfxs.nl> ---
(In reply to Rainer Bielefeld Retired from comment #5)
> When I type text Comment Box will expand if there is room enough.
> As soon as it is going to touch Comment Box below the box will not go on to
> expand, but vertical scroll bar appears.
> 
> I think that is a useful and probably the intended behavior.

If you exit the comment box with scrollbar, so placing the cursor outside the
comment box, the comment box will expand as long as enough room available on
'margin' of the page 

I'm slightly "allergic" for scrollbar, because it's hiding the text you typed
previously. I would prefer see it expand immediately, if this would happen
anyhow (after exit of comment box it does adapt). This is more WYSIWYG and
prevents masking text & the flawing after leaving the comment box.

* automatic expanding probably somewhat expansive (and there are already
pre-existing perf issues; Noel has done some investigations what needs to be
done, however needs funding before getting fixed)
* It would mean that bottom document comment boxes would expand at the top side
(don't think this would be an issue)
* At the point the margin being filled with comment boxes all of those would
get scroll bars. Advantage: you don't have to type in a 2 row comment box, but
it's equal distributed for the start (with adaptive size). 
* I would even go the opposite saying when entering a comment box with a hugh
text, shrink all other comment boxes even more, so you can see the full text
until exit. Would make reading a comment more comfortable, I estimate. Instead
of having a 30 lines of text and only lines visible (yes those document with
tremendous amount of comments exist).

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