0010235: In Single Page mode you should Center the page in the Viewport (Ctrl+0) - Mantis Issue Tracker for Scribus

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0010235	Scribus	Usability	public	2011-09-01 14:31	2019-07-17 05:52

Reporter	ScribusFeatureRequest	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	tweak	Reproducibility	always
Status	confirmed	Resolution	open
Platform	Windows	OS	WinXP	OS Version	XP
Product Version	1.4.0svn
Target Version	1.6 milestone

Summary	0010235: In Single Page mode you should Center the page in the Viewport (Ctrl+0)
Description	When you start a new document the page is uncomfortably on the extreme left of the screen, when it should be centered. I hate to say it, but see Microsoft Publisher, for how it should be done. Heck, even see Open {ahem, I mean Libre} Office, a single page is centered on screen.
Steps To Reproduce	1. Create a new document, in Single Page mode 2. Press Ctrl+0 3. Notice the page is on extreme left, which is uncomfortable, also at this Zoom level, I can't even scroll left to manually center it (which would only be a workaround, not a solution, it should be & stay centered automatically).
Additional Information	I understand in Double-Sided mode that 2 pages are displayed Left & Right...which might be fine, but I can't understand why Single Page mode isn't centered. Ctrl+0 & really all of the "view changing things" should auto-center the page on screen...it should actually be difficult to make the page be off-center. "Fit Width" seems to do a pretty good job of keeping the page centered. But even View 100%, 75% etc...they should all re-center the page at the new Zoom level.
Tags	shortcuts, usability

Patch	No

Kunda 2016-03-10 18:51 updater ~0039117	Ctrl+0 (Cmd+0 on OSX) is bound to View > Zoom > Fit to Height

ale 2016-03-10 18:55 manager ~0039118	well, ctrl-0 could "reset" the view... anyway, what we need is a way to place the page where we want on the screen. even when it much smaller than the scratchspace. no idea why the pages are always on the left.

Kunda 2016-03-10 19:37 updater ~0039119	I think it should reset the view as well.. that makes sense as 0 is zero aka 'start'

Kunda 2016-05-23 00:09 updater	Fit-to-Height-broken.gif (341,151 bytes) Fit-to-Height-broken.gif (341,151 bytes)

jfl 2016-07-13 06:36 reporter ~0041789	I too hate this "all to the left" behaviour of Scribus. The only way to avoid this is to add scratch space to the left but this introduces other problems.

Angius 2019-07-17 05:52 reporter ~0046397	It's been eight years. Is there any hope that `position: left` will be changed to `position:center` somewhere in the code anytime this decade?

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2011-09-01 14:31	ScribusFeatureRequest	New Issue
2011-09-02 09:16	StefanM	Tag Attached: usability
2016-03-10 18:51	Kunda	Note Added: 0039117
2016-03-10 18:55	ale	Note Added: 0039118
2016-03-10 19:37	Kunda	Note Added: 0039119
2016-04-14 14:31	Kunda	Tag Attached: shortcuts
2016-05-18 14:26	Kunda	Patch	=> No
2016-05-18 14:26	Kunda	Target Version	=> 1.6 milestone
2016-05-22 20:31	Kunda	Relationship added	related to 0008735
2016-05-23 00:09	Kunda	File Added: Fit-to-Height-broken.gif
2016-05-23 00:14	Kunda	Status	new => confirmed
2016-05-25 04:50	Kunda	Relationship added	related to 0014090
2016-07-13 06:36	jfl	Note Added: 0041789
2019-07-17 05:52	Angius	Note Added: 0046397