Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 126371
Disappearing Vertical Text button in Drawing Toolbar in Writer v.4.1.1
Last modified: 2016-11-05 13:08:37 UTC
The problem of the disappearing vertical text button in the Drawing toolbar **despite** having been checked to appear under customize in Writer persists in v.4.1.1 at least in the Lbuntu 15.04 OS. the usual fix under tools > options > languages > CTL as reported solved for v.3.x on the user forum does not work on this version. It also has not been reported previously from what I've seen when I checked before reporting this bug. This problem has been on-going for the past several versions of AOO.
I am able to reproduce on AOO 4.2.0; build AOO420m1(Build:9800) - Rev. 1692551 Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 1. Go View menu -> Toolbars -> Drawing. Drawing toolbar appears 2. On Drawing toolbar click ’drop down’ button. Context menu is opened 3. Select Visible Buttons item in the opened menu 4. Click ‘Vertical Text’ item Actual result: It is not possible to add ‘Vertical Text’ button to Drawing toolbar (it appears just for a second - but then disappears) The problem also occurs with the next buttons of Drawing toolbar: - Vertical Callouts Standard toolbar: - Data Sources Form Control toolbar: - Wizards On/Off Formatting toolbar: - Left-To-Right - Right-To-Left Buttons of new/customized toolbars: - Chinese Conversion Looks like this problem is more general and doesn’t relate to ‘Vertical Text’ button to Drawing toolbar only
Created attachment 85844 [details] Design Issue
I have addressed this matter as a design issue. Hence, my investigation focuses on discussing if the feature’s behavior *should be* or *should be not* the way it is. This means whether Writer should expose this behavior or not, instead of discussing if the it behaves the way it does or not. I have attached my investigation report to this comment (Design Issue). I have replicated the issue on the following configuration: - Operating System: Windows 10 Home, 64-bit; - Processor: Intel Core i5, 1.7GHz; - RAM Memory: 4Gb; - Open Office 4.1.3. I have developed two working scenarios: - A: when Asian Support Language (ASL) is not enabled; - B: when Asian Support Language (ASL) is enabled; Scenario A ----------- Question: Should the user be able to add the Vertical Text button to the Content List from the Customize window if ALS is not enabled? Answer (my opinion): NO The button may be present in the list but *disabled* and therefore the users will not be able to add it to the Drawing toolbar. Argument: This is because the Vertical Text button will not be added to the Drawing toolbar anyway. Otherwise, adding it will break the consistency with the designed feature (i.e., Vertical Text button is available when ALS is enabled only, and ALS now is not enabled). Scenario B ----------- Question: Should the user be able to remove the Vertical Text Button from the Content List from the Customize window if ALS is enabled? Answer (my opinion): NO. The button may be present in the list but disabled and the users should not be able to remove from the Drawing toolbar. Argument: The Vertical Text button should be selected, but presented as disabled, otherwise the removal of the Vertical Button will break the consistency with the designed feature (i.e., Vertical Text button is available when ALS is enabled only, and ALS is still enabled). Other aspects approached by the attached report: ------------------------------------- - impact on the user and how other text processors address the Vertical Text button issue; - context analysis of this issue: Issue 54423 (https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=54423) is similar bug that discusses possible solution for the design issue; - further investigation may consider the User Guide (https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/Adding_and_formatting_text) and or development documents.