Issue 75570

Summary:	Changing column width in thble with Shift key does not affect entire table
Product:	Writer	Reporter:	raindrops <na1000>
Component:	editing	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues
Version:	OOo 2.2 RC3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
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Description raindrops 2007-03-20 16:22:51 UTC

The ruler (at the top of the page) shows markers for each column of the table.
When user presses SHFT and drags any marker, all the columns to the right are
dragged sideways as a set. This allows the user to resize a column without
disturbing the other columns.

But the last (right-most) edge does not move at all. Thus the width of the last
column *is* affected. So the user has to drag it separately.

This does not happen in MS Word: The last vertical edge also is moved along with
the others.

Comment 1 michael.ruess 2007-03-21 08:05:47 UTC

When resizing the width of a table column while holding Shift-key, the table
size will not be affected as it is done in MS Word.
Currently, this has not been intended until now in Writer. 
The settings in the Writer options for "Tables" may suggest such a behaviour,
thus we should think about implementing this also in Writer.

Comment 2 raindrops 2007-03-22 03:16:36 UTC

An even better scheme would be to have both behaviors, depending upon what key
combination is pressed while dragging.

For example, 
SHFT does not touch the last edge (the present behavior).
SHFT+CTRL shifts the last column too (like MS Word).
ALT shows column widths in the ruler (just like MS Word)