Bug#663105: libreoffice-calc: list validation menus sometimes too small
>On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 01:11:08PM +0100, Francesco Potortì wrote:
>> If I activate validation for a cell where accepted values are from a
>> list, the menu showing the list values is as wide as the cell itself.
>>
>> There are cases, however, where this is not reasonable, and the
>> width should be the one of the widest list item.
>>
>> In fact, when I set a cell to contain text that is longer than the
>> cell's width, either because the text spills over the cell on the right,
>> or because of text wrapping in the cell, then the text in the dropdown
>> menu becomes truncated and unreadable.
>>
>> I do not observe this problem in Gnumeric, which, apparently, makes the
>> menu as wide as the widest entry in the list.
>
>Try in a supported and feature-wise development version.
I use Debian testing. It would be currently unfeasible to me trying a
more recent version until it goes to testing. So for me the choice is
among reporting against what I use or not reporting at all...
>*Any* wishlist bug against 3.4.5 does not make any sense)
Hm. I was betting against the problem having already been corrected.
In fact, if I am not wrong, your statement implies that "normal" users
cannot ask for new features. By using Debian testing I would place myself
among "advanced" users, yet I do not use the latest version of Libreoffice.
>And still it would be better to file such stuff upstreasm, as them and only
>them will eventually implement it. I won't.
I use the Debian reporting system mainly because it is far quicker for
me and I hope that the Debian maintainer pushes significant reports
upstream.
Anyway, what you say holds for any package: do you mean that wishlist
bugs reported in Debian are only meaningful if they are related to
Debian packaging issues?
Thanks
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