Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 92009
Spacing should be mirrored together with mirrored objects
Last modified: 2014-03-24 19:05:57 UTC
Problem: You can define mirrored positions for objects in Format>(Frame): Type, Position, Horizontal and align inside or outside. But you can't define mirrored spacing in Format>(Frame): Wrap, Spacing. OOo aligns objects not in respect to object border but to the bounding box defined by spacing. In the attachment both frames are formatted identical (style sheet), but the at the second frame the margin ist towards the page margin not the text. Possible Solutions: Partial: Add mirrored to Format>(Frame): Wrap, Spacing Perfect Solution: In addition change behaviour of spacing. Margins only towards text, not towards page or paragraph boundaries. Add "from right"/"from outside" to Format>(Frame): Type, Position, Horizontal. You don't need the workaround with spacing to align an object right but with a margin.
Created attachment 55307 [details] Example of non-mirrored spacing
I can confirm the reported effect with "Ooo-dev 3.0.0 Beta Multilingual version English UI WIN XP: [300m25 (Build9330)]". To me the request seems to be consequent, but user experience team should decide.
Reassigned to requirements.
Confirmed with AOO410m14(Build:9760) - Rev. 1573062 2014-03-01_04:11:01 - Rev. 1573123 Debian