Issue 47095

Summary:	cursor position tolerance for docking
Product:	ui	Reporter:	trevdiggy <mail>
Component:	ui	Assignee:	AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues
Version:	680m91
Target Milestone:	not determined
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description trevdiggy 2005-04-10 00:48:14 UTC

It can be difficult to impossible for users to dock floating windows if they
don't realize docking relies on cursor position instead of window position.  If
one clicks and drags from the left corner of the window and tries to dock the
window to the right, for example, the floating window must be moved almost
completely past the edge of the OOo window (off screen if OOo is maximized)
before the docking indicator box appears.  Many users will likely give up after
dragging the floating window to the edge of the screen, regardless of cursor
position.

It would be much easier if there were more tolerance for docking, so that, for
instance, the floating window need only touch the side of the OOo GUI for the
docking window to appear, no matter where the cursor was clicked on the floating
toolbar's title bar.  

Thanks.

Comment 1 mci 2005-04-11 14:59:05 UTC

Hi trevdiggy,

thanks for using and supporting OpenOffice.org...



reassigned to requirements

Comment 2 ace_dent 2008-05-16 00:21:06 UTC

OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request.

The Issue you raised is currently assigned to 'Requirements' pending review, but
has not been updated within the last 3 years. Please consider re-testing with
one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been
addressed. Either use the recent stable version:
http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing):
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/
 
Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as
necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also
wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have
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Many thanks,
Andrew
 
Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of:
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Comment 3 tfarlow 2008-05-16 04:41:04 UTC

Re-tested and confirmed as unchanged in OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 (Ubuntu Linux
package openoffice.org-core 1:2.4.0-3ubuntu6).

It remains the case that when dragging a floating window the cursor must be
placed on the edge of the OOo window to activate docking.  Since this is often
the very edge of the screen, the feature would be easier to use if docking could
be activated by bringing some part of the window to the edge of the OOo window.