Bugs in Paragraph properties dialog box

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Marek Jedlinski
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Bugs in Paragraph properties dialog box

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H&M Standard 5.6.0, build 1340 on Win 7 32-bit

1.
Select some text, click the "Paragraph" button, click the "After" field under "Spacing". Enter a value using the keyboard, e.g. "0,20". Hit Enter.
=> The change is not applied to text in the editor. The value is only applied if set using he mouse (clicking the up/down triangles) or by pressing arrow keys to increment/decrement the number.

2.
Select some text, click the "Paragraph" button. Under Spacing, change the value in After field from 0,00 to 0,01. Click OK. Open the paragraph dialog again.
=> The value in "After" reverts to 0,00.

3.
- Same as above, change the After value from 0,00 to 0,10. Click OK. Click OK. Open the paragraph dialog again.
=> The value in "After" now reads 0,11.
(Thankfully, this does not increment. After H&M forces the value to 0,11, that value sticks.)

The same bugs affect ALL the spin edits in this dialog box: "Before", "First line", as well as left and right indentation value.
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Re: Bugs in Paragraph properties dialog box

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Hi Marek,

The "value changing" is not a bug. It is caused by the fact that internally all values are calculated in pixels. If you don't work directly in pixels (and we strongly recommend it) other values you enter must often be rounded to achieve the equivalent to the closest possible pixel value in those units.

The issue with pressing Enter in the entry fields is a known quirk. What is happening is that as long as you are in the edit field you are in edit mode and the data you enter has not actually been entered yet. You need to exit the field to enter the data. For example, if you Press Tab and then ENTER it will be saved. This is on the ToDo list but as long as you remember to exit the field all will be well. :)
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