> -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory Pittman [mailto:gregp_ky at yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 7:24 PM > To: Scribus User Mailing List > Subject: Re: [scribus] text frame border > > On 08/19/2011 03:44 PM, Christen wrote: > > Hello a.l.e., > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: a.l.e [mailto:ale.comp_06 at xox.ch] > >> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 12:52 PM > >> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > >> Subject: Re: [scribus] text frame border > >> > >> hi christen, > >> > >>> When I put a border around a text box, is it possible to tell > Scribus > >>> to only put the border on, say, two of the sides rather than all > >>> four? I realize this can be done by making a separate object > (a.k.a. > >>> line) for each side that I want bordered. However, this seems > rather > >>> time-consuming, and definitely a bit non-intuitive - aside from the > >>> fact that it creates extra objects on the page to clutter things > up. > >>> I was just wondering if perhaps this could be implemented in > Scribus, > >>> or if there is an easier workaround. > >> > >> however, there is a workaround: create a table of 1x1 cells and set > its > >> border as you prefer (you will have to select the cell with an alt- > >> click... i hope your window manager is not capturing the > shortcut...) > > > > This works....kind of. It almost manages to accomplish what I'm > trying to > > do. However, it adds another problem. When I create the cell, there > is > > initially no border around it. So far, so good. But when I go to the > Line > > tab in the PP and add a line on one side, Scribus adds the bordering > line, > > but also adds a black hairline on each of the other three edges. Am I > doing > > something wrong? > > > It always takes a while for me to remind myself about how to do this. > For those who haven't tried and get frustrated, you can't just select > the one-cell table in the usual way, you must select the cell > individually as you would in a multiple-cell table, using Ctrl+Alt > while > clicking. > > You know that you've done this right (which might be hard to tell with > a > one-cell table) when you look at Line tab in Properties, where you will > now see a new area labeled Cell Lines, where you can individually check > for Line at Top, Left, Right, or Bottom. > > NOW, the problem I see once you do this, is that there does seem on > selecting a line color in the Color tab, that not only is there a color > where you have selected, but also on all the other sides as well, > albeit > a narrow one most likely. > > OTOH, in the end this seems to be a display issue in Scribus, since > when > I export to PDF, these unwanted lines are not there. I don't know > whether there is a bug report for that, but it is a bug.
(slaps forehead) I never even thought of exporting to PDF. Since it seems to be just a display issue, I won't worry about it! :) > > There is a major new table feature coming as part of Google Summer of > Code, so it may be that once that becomes part of 1.5.0svn, its > features > might be extended elsewhere (not a promise). Yes...that would be great. > > Greg > Thanks, Christen
