Issue 76031 - grid doesn't match actual snap grid
Summary: grid doesn't match actual snap grid
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.2
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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: 87394 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2007-04-02 18:43 UTC by jhallen
Modified: 2018-06-16 14:04 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description jhallen 2007-04-02 18:43:41 UTC
The grid is frequently too dim to use.  There should be an option for
controlling the color and size of grid lines and points.

It would be nice if the grid only showed up in drawing frames, and not in the
document as a whole- then I wouldn't have to keep turning it on and off.

It would be nice if there was an option so that vertical and horz rulers marks
matched the grid lines.  Also there should be a cursor in each ruler which
follows the mouse pointer (try "xfig" to see how this should work).

It it *really* *stupid* that the grid subdivisions are in number of sub-points.
 It should be in number of divisions (so if I set the grid to 1 in., and select
10 subdivision, there should be 9 intermediate points).  No other drawing
program works this way.

The measuring unit is 100ths of a mm, which is fine.  What it not fine: if I set
the grid to 1/8 in. the grid points to not line up with the real grid that
objects get snapped to.  It does only if the grid is integer multiple of 1/100 mm.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2007-04-03 08:00:37 UTC
Grid color can be changed in Tools.Options.OpenOffice.Appearance.

For the aspects named by "it would be nice..." please file an "Enhancement"
issue. These will be handled apart from each other.

Problem, that the grid does not line up when st to e.g. 1/8 inch can be
confirmed. Thas will be handled in this issue.
Comment 2 michael.ruess 2007-04-03 08:09:11 UTC
MRU->OS: Set the grid to e.g. 0.12 or 0.13", one point subdivision. Set zoom to
200% and see that when drawing e.g. a rectangle that it does not match with the
positions of the grid points.
Comment 3 jhallen 2007-04-11 19:32:57 UTC
>Grid color can be changed in Tools.Options.OpenOffice.Appearance.

Sorry I did eventually find this.

However: I don't know much you guys are working with IBM's Open Client thing,
but they are integrating Write into LotusNotes/Eclipse somehow.  I bring this up
because the Tools->Options menu entry is missing.  This is probably their
mistake, but it might be good to put many of these options in more prominent
(and convenient) places.

If you really draw in write, you are going to want to change the grid settings
frequently, so this at the very least should be quickly accessible (it is in Word).
Comment 4 michael.ruess 2008-03-27 11:33:48 UTC
*** Issue 87394 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 Marcus 2017-05-20 11:19:44 UTC
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".
Comment 6 Kjell 2018-06-16 14:04:15 UTC
The ruler subdivision in all office-apps is consistently silly.

If you use inch measurement, the convention everywhere else is to subdivide the inch by halving, then halving the subdivision again successively to the desired precision. 1/2", 1/4", 1/8" 1/16", etc.

When you set the ruler in OpenOffice to show inches, it will consistently divide the inch into 10 equal parts.

When using metric units, the convention is to subdivide a unit in 10 smaller units. 

When you set the ruler to show cm, it will consistently divide the cm in 4 equal parts, with a bolder mark for the half cm.

One sensible option is to use the normal conventions, as outlined above. Another one is to have the subdivision follow the grid, although this may be messed up if grid measurement does not match ruler measurement. (The measurement unit settings for grid, horizontal ruler and vertical ruler are independent.)