https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82318
--- Comment #7 from Alex Thurgood <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Doug from comment #6) > > The ability to type into the background of the data access form ... not > seeing why that would be useful. Unexpected that invisible, vestigial > background carriage returns would have that effect, partly because from an > Access background it is not intuitive that background would have attributes > of Writer document, because purpose is quite different. I mean, in light of > this feature I would think every form should just have a line of carriage > returns down the side as a default.... not seeing why it would make sense to > require people to add that just to make form work correctly. The framework for database forms dating back to the origins of OpenOffice.org was always based on Writer (the ability to use spreadsheets was only introduced later). In case you hadn't noticed, form controls can be anchored, not only to the page as a whole, but alternatively to a given paragraph, to a character, or as a character. This, if I am to understand your reference to Access, actually offers more flexibility for the form developer than Access allows. The point being that Writer allows for form creation independently of any underlying or bound datasource, the fact that one can build database forms on top of the Writer model/view/controller paradigm is an added bonus. I would point out that Base is not Access, nor has it ever pretended to be, and in all likelihood never will be Access, so there are things that are just different. If you feel that any given behaviour can be improved upon, then by all means, please contribute code. Unfortunately, I have no such skills, but I have been using Base in its various forms for nearly 20 years now, and have become aware of its shortcomings and failings. My point here is that LibreOffice Base will only be what its volunteers make it be. Obviously, where coding is concerned, that requires a certain skill set, and the Base module in particular has very few volunteer developers (and none paid) to work on it, so naturally, new developments tend to be limited to suumer of code projects, and people with itches to scratch. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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