Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 18004
Line Number / Row Number (column) of Cursor Position Should Be Shown in Status Bar
Last modified: 2019-06-30 08:20:41 UTC
Currently, there is no option to include the line number of the cursor position in the status bar. For editing complex documents, this would be nice to have. Thanks, Tam
This would be a very nice touch. Jim TE
*** Issue 18007 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Yes, please add this simple feature.
*** Issue 4965 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Setting target-milestone, OS, Platform -> ALL from issue 4965: Since in business communication there are norms governing the location of certain text elements (e.g. addresses) on the pages of letters, I think it would be useful to have the cursor's precise location in a unit of choice (mm, inches) on the page in the statusbar.
Reassigned to BH
Actually I think adding the ability to add any type of output in the status bar would be a really good think as it would allow developers to add what they want/need e.g. : language of current word word/line count of current selection word/line count etc.
Set to started (pre-approved).
Word count should definitely be a part of the info being displayed in the status bar. The present procedure to click your way through to statistics every time when one needs the information is far too cumbersome, esp. for journalists and other people who make a living from composing texts. Guido
I would like statistics in status bar, too. word, line count, also current cursor position - number of characters on actual line, actual line number That would be great :)
Sorry, the redesign of the status-bar is not part of any Q-keyfeature.
Hi, this feature is one of that ones why most users stay to use MS-Word! As an author you must comply certain rules (number of character per line, number of lines per page etc.). In MS-Word you have all that info in the statusbar. We need this! Thanks! Current line/Lines on page current char/chars of current line current word/words of current line words on page
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*** Issue 55925 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Is there any progress on this, is there already something in cvs? I could help!
*** Issue 56200 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
There is one more request from Korean community forum. And, considering the number of user requests and the age of this issue, would someone drop us comment on the progress?
Me for this one as well! I want the cursor position (horizontal/vertical) shown in the taskbar. Reason: I know several older people writing with mostly monospaced fonts, and occasionally they want to position some text somewhere below other text. They won't get into the details of tables ("too much mouse-clicking"), but would love to see the cursor position.
While this is not a bad idea we have to solve another problem before we can work on it. The current status bar is quite full already when the new language control is added. So adding new controls should be postponed until we have configuration means for the status bar. We don't need a full dialog, just something like the configuration menu in the toolbars. This will enable users to hide and show items to their likings.
Of course the version should be OOo 2.x.x now
Well, 43 votes for this feature. Is it possible to targeted a version? ;-)
The target of this issue is still under evaluation. We have some long lasting tasks that make it questionable if we will have enough time to implement that until the beta of OOo3.0 (feature freeze will be in March 6th). So I could set the target to 3.x if that makes a difference.
Hi Mathias, I have changed the current owner to your owner. Please take the ownership of these enhancements.
Make it true
For me it is one of the more important features. I've big problems to write a document in accordance with any standards, if I can't see the cursor position. I hope to see this feature with OOo 3.0
target 3.x. Means: in case we have time it will be 3.0 if not then in one of the next feature releases.
It is incredible how a small think like this (don't having the line / character position) can prevent people from switching to open office. I think this feature would have an important impact for relatively small work. I hope it will be in 3.0. Thanks !
I'm very happy to see that someone has already thought of needing this feature. I am visually impaired, use Orca, and the ability to determine whether a line of text is on page 2, line 1 or page 1, line X is essential for me when editing large or complex documents.
until now i was working with a very old word 97. Even that was showing the cursor position like "at 2.4cm Row 1 Col 1". This is a very helpful information for my usage and i really miss it a lot. I can´t understand why it´s not even implemented in the Oos 3.0 beta already being a MS standard for at least 11 years. I hope this will be implemented soon.
This thread has been informative to me. It confirms the valuable utility of the cursor position information. It also indicates highlights the challenge of designing, programming, and enhancing an application of the complexity of OOo. As in the construction of buildings, it can be much easier to add a feature during the initial design phase than to retro-fit it after completion of the construction of that design. If the space in the status bar has already been allocated then it could be quite a problem to add this functionality while maintaining the others which already consume the space in the status bar. OOo has some advantages over MS Word. OOo is not intended to be a copy of MS Word. Microsoft does create some annoying problems for the world. If their software had no benefits or advantages whatsoever, their position in the market could never have grown to the point that they could cause a problem.
This thread has been informative to me. It confirms the valuable utility of the cursor position information. It also highlights the challenge of designing, programming, and enhancing an application of the complexity of OOo. As in the construction of buildings, it can be much easier to add a feature during the initial design phase than to retro-fit it after completion of the construction of that design. If the space in the status bar has already been allocated then it could be quite a problem to add this functionality while maintaining the others which already consume the space in the status bar. OOo has some advantages over MS Word. OOo is not intended to be a copy of MS Word. Microsoft does create some annoying problems for the world. If their software had no benefits or advantages whatsoever, their position in the market could never have grown to the point that they could cause a problem.
Inconceivably, half of it is already there :) http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Framework/Tutorial/Statusbar_Controller
This feature is important! I have to know the exact cursor position (line and column) in the status bar to write my letters according to the norm! Please add this soon!
In addition to the Line Number I think the Column Number will be helpfull too.
Of course, the cursor position controller in the status bar should not display only the line number, but also the column (row) number of the cursor. Added "Row Number" to the summary. I guess the "fields" field of the status bar, currently used for list levels, tables and so on, could be used for the line/row display?
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I cannot believe it is now 2009, Version 3.0.1 is out, and the feature is still missing!!! Like many others, I will prefer to use MS Word 2000 (9 years old!!!) as long as I would have to resort to Makros to make the cursor position visible. PLEASE COULD SOMEONE TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE???
*** Issue 101823 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
OpenOffice 3.1 out, and it's still not fixed. I think that priority 5 for this is too low. My wife has to use OpenOffice Writer at work, and for their professional use this is very high priority - especially when the employer has not provided any templates for documents.
I think the priority has no meaning at all - the number of duplicates makes this an important requirement. That's the reason why it has target "3.x". That gives it a much higher probability of getting implemented than an issues with Prio 3 but target "OOoLater". But to avoid confusions I agree that Prio 3 is better.
I'm expecting this feature as well
Wow. What an extraordinary lapse. Add my entire office staff as another group of users who have to stay with Word if we can't get line AND column numbers. Word counts and such are not critical to us, but line and column are absolute requirements.
We would like to get rid of Microsoft Office, but Openoffice Word does not show cursor position in status bar. We need the feature. Until this function is not implemented, we can't switch to Openoffice. Please add this feature to Writer!
mba, could you please give us an update if there's been any progress in this issue (or the one of programming a status bar controller)? Maybe this need should be emphasized more so programmers know it exist and feel inclined to working on it... Please put out a big sign: LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO MAKES US A STATUS BAR CONTROLLER... It is SO important to us!!!
Holding discussions in issues is not productive, so anybody please use the discuss@ux.openoffice.org mailing list instead, thanks.
Please add this important feature soon!
Hey men! Change to IBM Lotus Symphony! IBM Lotus Symphony is a versatile graphical text editor. It's free, and can display cursor position in the status bar!
Many many writers need to know the line length in characters and the same for page length in lines
You can see in third section of Status bar Row number and Column number if you use Basic IDE. So this functionality is already in OpenOffice.org's Status bar but it is not implemented for all applications. I can only guess if this is a priority case (Basic macro is more important than text document) or a marketing case (free Writer is keep somehow lame so other text processors sell better) or just a case of ... It would be nice if Status bar may be modified by user. Regards Risto
I think, showing a line number is something for IDEs or simple text editors. And the citations for "do like M$ Word" is not really a good advice, as Word shows only the vertical position in measurement units and the horizontal position as "column" - whatever that may mean in a world after the fixed fonts era. The only solution to me is the one from WordPerfect: Show the x/y position in measurement units. Everything below is useless.
Actually, the line number and column number are used when a certain row/column count is required (as with sworn translations in Poland). Displaying these in measurement units won't help with that.
This is true for all cases where you are limited to a certain number of chars or lines and where simple text is not appropriate. I did not think of those cases. But I think the short discussion reveals the following: The two solutions (numbers vs. measurement) are not comparable, they cover different functionality. Ergo, both are needed, they are not alternative and it should be possible to display them independently from each other. Do you agree?
Line and column numbers would be a useful addition
showing what line the cursor is on, like MS word does in the status bar, would be very helpful.
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".
This 'trivial' issue was a single thing that forced me to install VirtualBox & MS Word on all Linux machines at work.
Why so you Think to implement thus is trivial?
Not rising to this bait, sorry. If you don't value user feedback, that's your problem.
14 years over 100 votes 3 different companies still not added.
> If you don't value user feedback, that's your problem. I wanted aditional feedback. You said it is trivial. My expectation is that you made some thoughts that make you think this is trivial to do. (My expectation it isnt trivial comes from the fact that I read to much code already. ;) So this could be refreshing.) And for what it counts the saying: a bad plan is better then no plan at all is a big truth in programming. So currently we have no plan. If you help to make a plan of whatsoever quality, it will be an improvement, non? > Not rising to this bait, sorry. The only bait I have set is that you write down which step you think the Programm needs to make in order to get the result you want. Imho this would be the first step in the right direction. And I am not interested in critsize you as long as you show respect to whomever. *shrough* Your call. It is all voluntary and I am the last to force you. It is fine if you do not want to or if yu do not feel comfortable. All valid reasons without going into details. But it would be cool, if we could make one step forward instead in pointless forum discussions in a bugtracker. >14 years >over 100 votes >3 different companies >still not added *shrough* No arms, no cakes. Currently we lack volunteers. So currently I would say this has to wait, however this is not satisfying. And why should I not try to try to open up an opportunity to make at least one step in the right direction. All the Best Peter
I cannot believe this bug, (YES BUG) has been open since the beginning of time and still it has not been addressed. This is actually a very critical factor in really being able to use Libra Office. This really needs to be addressed.
It is rated as an enhancement not bug. Please read the report carefully.
BTW: What is Libra Office? ;-)