Spreadsheet, Document & Presentation mobile compat

Mathilde

Hello,

Here is a dedicated thread to follow issues regarding mobile compatibility with OnlyOffice based applications.

A few GitHub issues that were open:

Basically those apps are super difficult to use on touch screens, and even more on small screen devices. Ideally we'd want them to be as easy to work on than on desktop.

Please don't hesitate to share here your experience with those apps on mobile.

panomitrius

In my opinion it'd be great if spreadsheets would start up with maximised space for columns & text, while the toolboxes are stripped away.

pfirestone

I'd like to reiterate the importance of this: I would like to be able to use Cryptpad as a general-purpose web-based office suite, but several of my collaborators primarily access the web through their mobile devices. For them, the spreadsheets are practically unusable. I understand that this is an upstream issue, but unfortunately it's Cryptpad that is made inaccessible because of this. I'm not sure what the way forward is, but in the world as of 2023, mobile compatiblity is not optional for a web-based service. The desktop version is excellent, and I want to thank you for hard work. Unfortunately this is a massive limitation that is preventing me from adopting this tool for general use. If there's any way that other developers can help, I'd be happy to volunteer.

den

I cannot scroll spreadsheet on mobile. Am I doing something wrong or is cryptpad not functional on mobile?

Mathilde

den hello!

Thanks for your message! Can you share some informations about your device? Things like:

Brand
Model
Year
Operating system
Operating system version
Web browser
Web browser version

And eventually a screenshot or two, could be really useful as well!

Thanks in advance!

den

Mathilde Hi, yes my phone is pixel 7a running Android 14 and the browser is Brave latest. For a screenshot, it all looks nice, but it is not possible for me to navigate the excel sheet, no zoom and no scrolling. So I don't think a screenshot would be much help.

Does scrolling sheets usually work on mobile? Does it work on iphones?

Thanks

Mathilde

den thanks for the info!

Here is how it look like to scroll on my iPhone SE (2020) with a 4,7" screen:

GIF screen recording of an iPhone SE 2020 scrolling a spreadsheet

If it doesn't automatically play, you might need to open it in a dedicated tab by doing a right click on it:

Contextual menu showing how to open an image in a new tab

den

Mathilde Thanks for the examples. You are right. I tried it on an iphone and it works. Now I tried again on Android and really fiddled with the scroll bar and it does move now but sporadically and not all the time, and not smoothly like on the iphone. Also the keyboard keeps popping up when I touch around the scrollbar. Do you have any experience with using sheets on Android?

jrhjr

I was really impressed with Cryptpad Sheets and wanted to use it to solve a specific use case but mobile support in Android was a blocker that forced me to go in a different direction. Still, I am a fan of this product and plan to follow it. I'd like to echo the comments on mobile and specifically Android - it's really unusable. I think @den comments hit home for me. But to add on to it - you shouldn't have to use scroll bars on mobile and so even if they worked reliably - it's still a blocker to adopting it for me. Also, the keyboard popping up all the time is another blocker. I run on a Samsung S21 Ultra w/Android 14 using Edge (and I tried with Chrome too which was similar). Finally I think the default view needs to show as much cell space as possible and there was a menu on the right that defaults to open that blocked the whole screen. Closing it took some learning that might scare other folks off.

iww-clydeside

When using sheets on mobile, it is difficult to do anything at all.
When using docs, it is difficult to copy and paste text. Everything else is excellent in my experience.