[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 151041] Changing right page margin changes horizontal scrolling position

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151041

--- Comment #2 from fml2 <al.le at gmx.de> ---
For me, this a very unexpected behaviour. I do something in one area and a
certain context and get thrown to a completely different context. This is not
how I understand the principle of the least astonishment.

> What happens when you fill the page with text, position the cursor near the end
> of a line and then apply the margin change?

Depending on the resulting text, the h-scroll position changes so that the
insertion mark is visible. This confirms your words "the edit focus has shifted
the vcl canvas view to follow the edit cursor of an empty paragraph". But this
is not what I'd expect. This changes the context too much. What if I missed the
desired margin and want to correct it again? All of a sudden, I'm somewhere
else and need some seconds to realize what just happened.

My expectation would be that the visible part of the page does not change after
working with the margin ruler -- even if the insertion mark gets out of view.
After I move the insertion mark (by typing a letter or by moving it with the
arrow keys), I'd expect the insetion mark to become visible because now the
insertion mark is my mental focus.

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