RE: Boolean configuration settings not editable in tools - advanced - expert configuration
>> When using LO on a Linux machine, I need to double click a setting to edit >> it. In all cases, a dialog >> appears. For string and int type settings, I can change/replace the value. >> For boolean seeting, a >> dialog appears, bu I cannot change true to false or vice versa. > i just built a current master, and i'm not seeing this; double click > toggles the boolean. >> When using LO on a Windows machine (where I am at his moment), there is a >> difference in tha case of >> boolean type settings. No dialogs appears, but the value inverts by >> double-clicking. >> I could not acchieve this (change the value of a boolean type setting by >> just double-clicking) on my >> openSUSE leap 15.0 machines - which I cannot access right now. > can you try different backends with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen etc., maybe > it's specific to some particular one. Will do. The annoying thing that I couldn't reproduce yesterday after a clean build, where I encountered the problem repeatedly in the weekend (on 1 machine). Winfried ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: Boolean configuration settings not editable in tools - advanced - expert configuration
On 04.02.19 10:10, Winfried Donkers wrote: Hi Mike, I noticed a general unexpected behaviour when working with LibreOffice in Tools-Advanced-Expert Configuration. When the setting is of type boolean, I cannot change the setting. I tried various existing settings, mainly in org.openoffice.Office.Calc and both with current Master and version as distributed with openSUSE Leap 15.0. My conclusion was that for reasons unknown to me, boolean settings are not editable and int settings are. Could you please describe what exactly "not editable" means? I.e., "I double-click the boolean setting, and expect a dialog to pop up like for ints, but instead, the setting just changes from true to false and back in place, without dialogs"? Ah, now I'm beginning to understand what isn't clear. When using LO on a Linux machine, I need to double click a setting to edit it. In all cases, a dialog appears. For string and int type settings, I can change/replace the value. For boolean seeting, a dialog appears, bu I cannot change true to false or vice versa. i just built a current master, and i'm not seeing this; double click toggles the boolean. When using LO on a Windows machine (where I am at his moment), there is a difference in tha case of boolean type settings. No dialogs appears, but the value inverts by double-clicking. I could not acchieve this (change the value of a boolean type setting by just double-clicking) on my openSUSE leap 15.0 machines - which I cannot access right now. can you try different backends with SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen etc., maybe it's specific to some particular one. ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
RE: Boolean configuration settings not editable in tools - advanced - expert configuration
Hi Mike, >> I noticed a general unexpected behaviour when working with LibreOffice in >> Tools-Advanced-Expert Configuration. >> When the setting is of type boolean, I cannot change the setting. I tried >> various existing settings, mainly in org.openoffice.Office.Calc and both >> with current Master and version as distributed with openSUSE Leap 15.0. >> My conclusion was that for reasons unknown to me, boolean settings are not >> editable and int settings are. > Could you please describe what exactly "not editable" means? I.e., "I > double-click the boolean setting, and expect a dialog to pop up like for > ints, but instead, the setting just changes from true to false and back > in place, without dialogs"? Ah, now I'm beginning to understand what isn't clear. When using LO on a Linux machine, I need to double click a setting to edit it. In all cases, a dialog appears. For string and int type settings, I can change/replace the value. For boolean seeting, a dialog appears, bu I cannot change true to false or vice versa. When using LO on a Windows machine (where I am at his moment), there is a difference in tha case of boolean type settings. No dialogs appears, but the value inverts by double-clicking. I could not acchieve this (change the value of a boolean type setting by just double-clicking) on my openSUSE leap 15.0 machines - which I cannot access right now. HTH, Winfried ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: Boolean configuration settings not editable in tools - advanced - expert configuration
On 04.02.2019 11:53, Winfried Donkers wrote: > (moving discussion from https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/67280/ to mailing > list) > >>> For reasons unknown to me, boolean configuration settings are read only on >>> the >>> expert configuration dialog, int/long values can be edited. This is not >>> just in master, >>> but e.g. in version 6.0 as part of openSUSE too. I didn't investigate >>> whether this >>> is as designed or a bug, as the focus of the current patch is the error >>> rectangle code. > >> I don't understand exactly what you claim is broken. Can you be more >> specific please? >> (As you mention "version 6.0", it seems that you are talking about a generic >> issue, >> not a specific issue with this patch? But there are certainly many >> properties of boolean >> type in the registry, and I don't see a reason why this specific property >> should be of >> type int when it actually models a yes/no option.) > > I noticed a general unexpected behaviour when working with LibreOffice in > Tools-Advanced-Expert Configuration. > When the setting is of type boolean, I cannot change the setting. I tried > various existing settings, mainly in org.openoffice.Office.Calc and both with > current Master and version as distributed with openSUSE Leap 15.0. > My conclusion was that for reasons unknown to me, boolean settings are not > editable and int settings are. Could you please describe what exactly "not editable" means? I.e., "I double-click the boolean setting, and expect a dialog to pop up like for ints, but instead, the setting just changes from true to false and back in place, without dialogs"? -- Best regards, Mike Kaganski ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
