Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 47095
cursor position tolerance for docking
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:42:16 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.
Hi trevdiggy, thanks for using and supporting OpenOffice.org... reassigned to requirements
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 advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
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.