Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 111060
Save/restore position/size by document instead of globally
Last modified: 2014-01-17 13:15:27 UTC
Currently documents are loaded to the position and size of the last saved document, instead of the last position and size of the document in question. Saving the position/size context by document is more useful, especially if one normally has several documents open at the same time. The current behavior offsets marginally additional documents being opened, such that it is difficult to view several documents without moving/resizing. For documents regularly opened at the same time, this is inconvenient, and can waste a lot of time. Typically, each document has an optimal size, depending on the type of information contained. Conserving positioning is also an advantage. In my case I often have numerous spreadsheet documents open at the same time, for cross-reference, and waste a lot of time resizing/positioning. Note that this consideration applies to all types of documents, including word-processing, spreadsheets, etc. (There has been a similar issue 103431 filed for word-processing documents.) (I would use Writer much more if the problem were resolved for such documents.) This could be made an option for those that prefer the current behavior. (Preferably defaulting to save/restore-position/size-by-document.) Notes re : subcomponent - Chose "save-export" as changes are probably made here to save the position/size by document. - Could also be "open-import", as changes are probably made here to retrieve the position/size by document. - Could also be "configuration", if an option is added to enable/disable this feature.
This is NOT trivial! It's an important aspect of user experience. Many programs already conform to this (FileMaker Pro, TextEdit, NoteBook, DeepNotes, etc, etc.) So many that I'm not going to list more.
Confirmed with AOO410m1(Build:9750) - Rev. 1558424 Rev.1558424 Win 7