Bug 379308 - Page size difference
Summary: Page size difference
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: KEXI
Classification: Applications
Component: Reports and Printouts (show other bugs)
Version: 3.1.0 Alpha
Platform: Appimage Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kexi Bugs
URL:
Keywords: triaged
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2017-04-28 09:29 UTC by Ian Whitfield
Modified: 2023-09-03 20:47 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 3.0.2
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
Screen size in Design mode (12.64 KB, image/png)
2017-04-28 09:29 UTC, Ian Whitfield
Details
Screen size in Data Mode (10.67 KB, image/png)
2017-04-28 09:29 UTC, Ian Whitfield
Details
Report design (53.47 KB, image/png)
2017-05-11 22:22 UTC, Jarosław Staniek
Details
Report design - page properties (50.90 KB, image/png)
2017-05-11 22:22 UTC, Jarosław Staniek
Details
Report preview - label on the bottom (10.32 KB, image/png)
2017-05-11 22:23 UTC, Jarosław Staniek
Details
Exported PDF report with small 4mm margins and 2 labels in the corners (3.84 KB, application/pdf)
2017-05-11 22:24 UTC, Jarosław Staniek
Details

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Description Ian Whitfield 2017-04-28 09:29:08 UTC
Created attachment 105234 [details]
Screen size in Design mode

When designing a Report the screen view is 21cm long and there seems to be no way of incresing this.
When you go to Data view there is spare white space at the bottom of the displayed page.
There seems to me no way to make use of this area.
Comment 1 Ian Whitfield 2017-04-28 09:29:51 UTC
Created attachment 105235 [details]
Screen size in Data Mode
Comment 2 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:20:38 UTC
Ian,
Thanks for the report.

> There seems to me no way to make use of this area.

It's possible by setting 1. page size 2. margins. Please see my attachments.

Click on the select entire area box (left top corner of report) then change page size and/or margins. Unit can be changed too to your preference.

Then resize the details section using dragging the bottom handle. This needs  improvement in Kexi. You can resize easier if you resize Kexi window more (beyond of screen size maybe) temporarily. 
Alternatively if you click the report Detail section there is the Height property. Change it e.g. to 27cm for A4 portrait page to have 1cm margins. But it's in wrong unit in current Kexi 3.1 Alpha (it's OK in 3.0.2). 
Even in 3.0.2 entering the value into Height is broken a bit, for 100% accuracy it's easier to enter it in a text editor and copy-paste it to the property's box.

On the report you see on the screen shot I inserted one label on top-left and second on bottom-right corner of the report to show they are displaying OK.

Once you set up the margins and Detail section size, you would get one Detail section per printed page. And fine control over report elements close to page borders. Of course your printer capabilities are the limit regarding printing on margins, Kexi won't detect that fully.

I am also attaching PDF exported from the screen shoted report, A4 with 4mm margins and these two labels.

Summing up, there are issues but maybe different than you described. Also lack of full documentation makes it hard to discover.

Thanks again.
Comment 3 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:22:05 UTC
Created attachment 105456 [details]
Report design
Comment 4 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:22:51 UTC
Created attachment 105457 [details]
Report design - page properties
Comment 5 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:23:28 UTC
Created attachment 105458 [details]
Report preview - label on the bottom
Comment 6 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:24:06 UTC
Created attachment 105459 [details]
Exported PDF report with small 4mm margins and 2 labels in the corners
Comment 7 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:24:33 UTC
Waiting for opinion.
Comment 8 Jarosław Staniek 2017-05-11 22:26:06 UTC
(PS: I understand that there's no AppImage for 3.0.2 so the solution is to resize section using drag or do it in Kexi 2.9 or wait for a fix in 3.1 Alpha AppImage)
Comment 9 Ian Whitfield 2017-05-15 15:01:36 UTC
Testing with latest AppImage.
Changing Page Size makes no difference to the displayed area in Design Mode.

However changing the Height value DOES display a larger Design area!!

This is a workround until this is fixed.
Comment 10 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-28 02:42:35 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please set the bug status as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 11 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-28 03:32:37 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 12 Jarosław Staniek 2018-12-15 23:11:31 UTC
Waiting for more info with new version
Comment 13 Bug Janitor Service 2018-12-30 03:44:21 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 14 Jarosław Staniek 2018-12-30 13:10:33 UTC
We're close to 3.2 and the issue has not been found already in 3.0.2. So assuming it can be closed. We can reopen on any problems in >=3.2.