Re: Hidden widgets in dialog.

[Heiko Tietze <heiko.tietze@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The ui file is used for both, Impress and Draw. The code in 
sd/source/ui/dlg/tpoption.cxx has a method SetDrawMode() where some controls are 
hidden and others shown, including these weird info fields. You cannot just 
remove it, unfortunately.

On 10.02.25 6:17 PM, Olivier Hallot wrote:
> Thanks Ilmari for the confirmation.
>
> It looks it has been superseded by the Glade XML engine and is now dead code. I 
> suggest to remove this as an EasyHack. Do you agree?
>
> cheers
> Olivier
>
> On 2/10/25 13:40, Ilmari Lauhakangas wrote:
> > On 10.2.2025 18.15, Olivier Hallot wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I was revisiting Help pages for Impress/Draw Options General page and had a 
> > > look in Glade. I found widgets I don't know how to make them appear, as in 
> > > the attached image.
> > >
> > > The widgets are below the "Drawing scale" label ( Page width, Page Height, 
> > > info 1 and info2).
> > >
> > > Can someone shed some light on their purpose and how to make them show up?
> >
> > git log -S"info1" sd/uiconfig/simpress/ui/optimpressgeneralpage.ui
> >
> > lead me to https://git.libreoffice.org/core/ 
> > commit/6a80a5ae710a7f9357534ad890dffe5391af709b
> > Convert impress and draw general option to .ui
> >
> > Then
> >
> > git log -S"FI_INFO_1" 6a80a5ae710a7f9357534ad890dffe5391af709b -- sd/ source/ 
> > ui/dlg/tpoption.src
> >
> > lead me to https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/ 
> > bad806f36d4a3f05f6b2f7ff0095a6934934077b
> > #85672# Scaling TabPage removed
> >
> > which added those mysterious items. Luckily the commit is by Oliver Specht, 
> > who surely remembers why he did this 24 years ago :)
> >
> > Ilmari

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