1681079 - Print preview should override the position of right aligned page elements on print selection

Status: NEW

(Core :: Print Preview, enhancement, P4)

Description

[Anca Soncutean, Desktop QA]

Attachment: screenshot issue.png

Affected versions

• 84.0b8
• 85.0a1 (2012-12-06)

Affected platforms

• Windows 10
• Ubuntu 20,04
• macOS 10.14

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
2. Select text from Información personal table
3. Open context menu and choose Print Selection
4. Observe the Print preview

Expected result

• The content should be aligned central or to the left

Actual result

• The content maintains its original position, right alignment

Regression range

• Not a regression

Additional notes

• Reproducible also with the old UI
• Chrome seems to override the page element position

Suggested severity

• S3

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

This works as intended, so this is more of an enhancement request IMO. I guess we could ignore float on the top element when the selection is a single element, then again that has other side-effects (e.g. shrink-wrap sizing) so I don't know if this worth messing with...