https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101020
Bug ID: 101020
Summary: writer scrolls down several lines at once (instead of
one)
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 5.1.4.2 release
Hardware: All
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: j22...@gmail.com
I'm not sure if this should be called a bug and I don't know if it's LO's fault
or it comes from my OS, but but it is certainly annoying :p
I see also that it was commented months ago (*), with no answer, so I try here.
(*)
https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/52242/how-to-change-single-line-scrolling-behavior-in-writer/
I have observed that when reading a multi-page text in LO Writer (or in
anything which shows readable text in the screen, for that matter), there are
basically two reading behaviours. Intermittent scrolling or continuous
scrolling.
Intermittent scrolling: Some people start reading from some upper part of the
screen and when they reach the "bottom" of the screen they scroll down (eg.
press PageDwn or click teh scroll bar) so now they see the "next" screen,
somewhat "full of new text". So the reader starts reading in the upper section
of the screen again. And repeat through a number of screens, until they reach
the end of the document.
Continuous scrolling: Another behaviour is more "continuous": the person starts
reading in a given place of the screen, and then keeps moving the cursor as
he/she reads. This means for example pressing the "down" arrow of the keyboard
every time the reader reaches the end of a line (I even accompany the cursor
together with my eyes, so I'd keep the "right" arrow pressed all the time).
Therefore when the reader reaches the end of the screen, the text simply "flows
up" in the screen as the reader presses the "down" arrow, thus continuously
feeding the text up in the screen. This may sound complicated to people who use
the "broken reading".
If you are "intermittent scrolling" reader, no problem for you in LibreOffice
Writer. If you are "continuous scrolling" reader like me, then you suffer with
this annoying behaviour: when you reach the end of the screen while reading
text and press the "down" arrow (or the right arrow when reached the
bottom-right frontier of screen text!), instead of the expected (by me anyway)
behaviour which would be to advance ONE line, Writer advances like 8 lines!!
Therefore in the exact physical place where you expected to see the next line
of text, LO's Writer actually shows a completely different thing (maye the
beginning of the next paragraph!) which is VERY confusing and annoying.
Truth to be said, I did not check how other word processors handle this but I
can say it is certainly not intuitive. If the idea was to consider both
intermittent and continuous scrolling readers, then I suggest to place an
option in the configuration where the user can chose how many lines will be fed
every time the cursor reaches the bottom (or top, if you're scrolling up) of
the screen.
Version: 5.1.4.2
Build ID: 1:5.1.4-0ubuntu1~trusty1
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Linux 4.4; UI Render: default;
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