Text format is reset when I add a row in table Writer7 ( ghosts of resolved errors past)

[mdx2r]

Originally reported version 4 and resolved in version 6 > [fdo#115573]

reported as fixed in version writer 6.0.3

on closed may 5, 2018

my configuration

Version: 7.1.5.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22449; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

just figured i would report this serious PIA when using a regularly expanding table having to reset all the formatting in a the table and the fix it in the document kind of annoying.

here is the post where i retrieved the info from

[ Text format is reset when I add a row in table (Writer 6) text-format-is-reset-when-i-add-a-row-in-table-writer-6/32453)

Sorry I had to remove all the links in the document to be allowed to post

Hello!
The text format in the cells of the table is reset when I add a row to the table.
(LibreOfficePortable_6.0.1_Rev_2_MultilingualStandard.paf, LibreOfficePortable_6.0.2_MultilingualStandard.paf)

In version “LibreOfficePortablePrevious_5.4.5_MultilingualStandard.paf” this is not observed.

I can confirm that I get this behaviour as well. It is frustrating (even annoying!). Fortunately, it has been reported as a bug (numerous times) but I think this is the main entry: [fdo#115573] show_bug.cgi?id=115573) According to the comment thread on that ticket, the fix will be available with v. 6.0.3. I’m still on 6.0.2…

[LeroyG]

How do you set the formatting? Table AutoFormat style? Direct formatting?
This document was saved as .doc(x) at any time?

[mdx2r]

This document is an original Writer 7 document started from scratch in the latest version of writer yesterday morning,

no templates,
no copy paste,
no links
no imported table data.

Just old fashioned type, type, click next cell type again.

Saved in Native Format,
No advanced configuration changes

All default settings under Tools → options

software installation was run as custom however No changes were made to installation defaults.

No 3rd party extensions were installed and and no menu or tool bar customizations were made to the software.

I think that about covers it.

thanks.
MD

[mdx2r]

oops sorry , I created the table by adding a table, manually going into the properties as

setting the columns widths Not relative
text orientation and direction is subordinate object
borders and backgrounds are defaults
columns do Not adapt or adjust
choosing center table
choosing the style from
“table styles”
box list blue
and started typing

I add the rows with Table–> insert–> rows → choose number 2 or 4 or 6 and click ok. viola
formatting goes bat sh*t crazy. I sigh type some more then spend half an hour fixing the format.

thats it think…

[EarnestAl]

If you use the built-in table styles then you must accept all their styling.
There was a time when the built-in table styles were risky to use, I think they have fixed that now. I suggest to never use them and use only the None table style and modify it to suit. You can create your own styles to use with less risk.

[ajlittoz]

Table “styles” are not styles in the traditional Writer sense.

Styles for paragraphs, characters, pages, frames and so-called “lists” are a set of parameters set by the user and applied blindly in some contexts. Writer will not change anything on its own.

What is called “table style” is totally different. It is a set of macros which are triggered by various actions, such as adding a new row. When they are fired, they reformat the full table, wiping out any styling/formatting added by user. This is necessary, for instance, to alternate column/row/cell background (add a row in the “middle” of the table; then this causes a background change in all subsequent rows – even if the specific model does not implement background alternation; it is hard-coded in the very generic macros for the tables).

What may appear as a user-friendly feature is not at all if you don’t accept the table templates as is.

As @EarnestAl recommends, don’t use table “styles” if you want to patch the templates. Use the templates without attempting to “embellish” them or fully format your table starting with a None style one.