[Bug 159887] Add option to freeze column widths in Writer tables

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159887

--- Comment #6 from William Friedman <will.friedman at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #4)
> My STR would be:
> * create a table with 2 columns
> * table properties > Left or From Left and Width = 2cm (makes the two
> columns 1cm each)
> * run Insert Columns After
> => columns resize, width remains constant while the opposite is expected (in
> this case)
> 
> We had a lot discussions around this topic and I'm pretty sure there are
> duplicates. But I don't get why it shouldn't be bug 125736.

I think this bug/enhancement is a more generalized case than 125736. That bug,
as I understand it, relates to whether adding columns changes the table width
if there is more space. My request here focuses on what happens if the total
table width is frozen and/or already spans the full page width. My enhancement
request is to add the ability to freeze the width of certain columns, such that
adding or deleting columns would not change their width. Dieter's comment 3
seems to miss the point. Obviously in order to add columns to a frozen-width
table *some* columns will need to have their widths reduced. My request is to
be able to fully customize *which* columns would have their widths reduced, by
marking some columns as frozen.

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