Howdy Dave, OK Yeah, it is a bit of a pain now isn't it.
Did a screen capture.. here it is https://youtu.be/1HrKJSrn7bU Somebody should see if the first problem, start of the video, is already in the issue tracker ;-) Drew On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:33 AM Dave Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, creating the frame and inserting an image into it is a partial > workaround, but it is not they way OOo and earlier versions of LO > worked, even if anchoring was not always great. > > Inserting the image into the frame is fine, but the auto-generated frame > around the inserted caption still cannot be resized. > > I have tried just about every possible alternative to do what is the > easiest thing in the world to do with AOO. > > Tested with 6.2.4.2 and 6.3alpha under Windows 7, 8.1 & 10 both 32 & 64 > bit. 6.2.4.2 64bit on Linux kernel 5.2 & 4.20 Haven't had time to test > on macOS, but wouldn't expect any different result. > > Dave > > > On 29.05.2019 12:38, Dan Lewis wrote: > > I have the same results as Drew. I am using LO 6.2.4.2 from our LO > > website. O/S: Ubuntu 18.04. I too opened a new Writer window, added a > > frame, and inserted a screenshot into it. > > > > Dan > > > > On 5/28/19 11:54 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: > >> I'm just not having the problems you are with images, in fact it > >> seems to > >> be working much better for me now then it ever did before. > >> > >> As for the autosizing option, I just did that with a blank document, > >> inserted image in a frame and the option is there. > >> Using Version: 6.2.5.0.0+ > >> Build ID: 23ccf16e9e86ecc64367f41f4df695d0a6926d72 > >> CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: kde5; > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 11:41 AM Dave Barton <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks Drew, > >>> > >>> Yes, that was the bug and linked blog from where I picked up that " TDF > >>> put up a tender to improve the situation with image handling". > >>> > >>> I can't believe this obviously broken code got past alpha and finished > >>> up in a release. > >>> > >>> Unfortunately, your steps do not work for me. The image properties > >>> dialog offers "relative to", but there is no "autosize" option. I have > >>> seen the "autosize" option when editing previously inserted images, but > >>> not on a first insert. > >>> > >>> Best Regards > >>> Dave > >>> > >>> On 28.05.2019 15:38, Drew Jensen wrote: > >>>> Howdy, > >>>> > >>>> Comments inline > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:13 AM Luke (gmail) <[email protected] > > > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Neither. I believe Writer's handling of images is astonishingly > >>>>> buggy, > >>>>> and has been for many years. > >>>>> > >>>>> I draw your attention to > >>>>> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47148 and also > >>>>> > >>>> There was a great of deal of coding changes dealing with image > >>>> handling > >>> in > >>>> the 6.1 release cycle. > >>>> You find the meta issue for known issues related to that work here: > >>>> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116280 > >>>> Then of course there are still some issues open on the meta issue > >>>> 47148 > >>>> referenced above. > >>>> > >>>> That said I am able to resize a frame without resizing an image in the > >>>> frame, but that is not the default behavior. To do so first I need to > >>>> select the image, open the context menu 'properties' and on the > >>>> first tab > >>>> of the property dialog under 'size' ensure that 'autosize' and > >>>> 'relative > >>>> to' are not selected. > >>>> > >>>> Best wishes, > >>>> > >>>> Drew > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/The-mysteries-of-positioning-pictures-in-LibreOffice-OpenOffice > >>> > >>>>> luke > >>>>> > >>>>> On 28/5/19 11:23 pm, Dave Barton wrote: > >>>>>> I have just run into an issue I don't recall having encountered > >>>>>> previously. After inserting a small PNG image and adding a > >>>>>> caption, I > >>>>>> want to increase the width of frame without resizing the image. I > >>>>>> have > >>>>>> tried several different combinations of anchoring the image and > >>>>>> frame, > >>>>>> but nothing prevents the image being resized in the same ratio as > >>>>>> the > >>>>> frame. > >>>>>> Another odd-ball situation I found is that changing the anchoring of > >>> the > >>>>>> image causes it to disappear and the input jumps to the end of the > >>>>> document. > >>>>>> Has something changed in Writer's image handling in recent > >>>>>> releases, or > >>>>>> am I doing something wrong. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dave > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: > >>> [email protected] > >>>>> Problems? > >>>>> > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Posting guidelines + more: > >>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>>>> List archive: > >>> https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > >>>>> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: > >>> [email protected] > >>> Problems? > >>> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >>> Posting guidelines + more: > >>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>> List archive: > >>> https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > >>> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > >>> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
