Bug 103757

Summary: FILESAVE, FORMATTING: Overflow error for column width and row height
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Daniel Rentz <daniel.rentz>
Component: CalcAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: normal CC: buzea.bogdan, xiscofauli
Priority: medium    
Version: Inherited From OOo   
Hardware: All   
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Bug Blocks: 108364    

Description Daniel Rentz 2016-11-07 12:30:13 UTC
1. Open a new spreadsheet document.
2. Set width of column A to 100cm, set height of row 1 to 100cm.
3. Save, close, reopen.

=> Column width and row height have been changed to 34.46cm.
Comment 1 Xisco FaulĂ­ 2016-11-07 15:58:59 UTC
Confirmed in

Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: 8a2a3f1032b4e60f7607e3ecb1ff99a6bb9af7f9
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Linux 4.2; UI Render: default; VCL: gtk3; Layout
Engine: new; 
Locale: ca-ES (ca_ES.UTF-8); Calc: group

and

LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2017-11-08 07:35:19 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2019-12-03 13:54:06 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2021-12-03 04:21:31 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Daniel Rentz 2021-12-03 06:30:15 UTC
Confirmed in
Version: 7.2.3.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d166454616c1632304285822f9c83ce2e660fd92
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: de-DE
Calc: threaded
Comment 6 BogdanB 2023-05-29 08:21:54 UTC
Also in
Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: b76a3bdc996f275f9d615b32d6ab89d533a7505c
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 5.19; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 7 ady 2023-05-29 19:12:21 UTC
The way this report is presented, it would seem as if some generic behavior is incorrect, whichever the values. But this is not the case.

The inconsistency, if we could call it this way, is only seen when the values are higher than some limit.

When the value for cell's height or width is greater than some supported maximum, the value that is saved is not fixed to such maximum, but rather to some kind of overflow.

Example:

* column width or row height set to 650mm > saved as 649.99 mm, OK.
* column width or row height set to 660mm > saved as 4.62mm, KO.
* column width or row height set to 670mm > saved as 14.64mm, KO.

In each case, set the value, save the file, reload the file; then check the value again.

So, whether with or without some real limit to row height and/or column width values (IDK whether there are), there is some kind of overflow error when saving the values.