[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 140561] wrong term for gutter position in mirrored page layout

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140561

--- Comment #6 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #5)
> (In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #1)
> > Besides the wrong term, it should be considered to disable the position
> > field at all in case of "Mirrored" page layout. A position "Top" makes no
> > sense. A "Mirrored" page layout is designed to have the gutter always in the
> > middle, at the inside margins.
> 
> No, it depends on intended binding -- a mirrored page would be left/right
> (inner reversed for LTR/RTL locale) OR top/bottom--mirroring is done when
> bound on either the vertical inner edge or across the horizontal top. 
> 
> Consider for example a ledger of landscape pages, or a wall calendar. When
> bound, the upper and lower pages need symmetrical/mirrored layout also. A
> binding gutter accommodates the print layout when bound.

I mean the page layout type "mirrored", not the fact, that the intended binding
needs different margins for upper/lower or left/right pages. The layout type
"mirrored" provides an automatic switch of layout for left and right pages, and
it effects only left and right margins.

Using page layout type "mirrored" makes no sense, if you want to bind at
top/bottom as used for calendars. In that case you need to use the layout
"right" and "left", because a "right" page needs different margin settings for
top and bottom than a "left" page. Actually they are then not "right" or "left"
in that use case but "upper" and "lower".

An automatic alternating different margin on top and bottom is not possible
with current implementation. In case you use page layout "mirrored", the
additional space by gutter position "top" will be only applied to (LTR) right
pages. In case you use page layout "only right" and "only left", the additional
space will be always applied to top margin, whereas the binding would need it
alternating on top and bottom margin.

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