Oops - I had to go play around and add that sound file! rendered one image with half the screen capture gone and uploaded that, so that link is no good. The full 3 minutes of riveting video is here instead https://youtu.be/xzq7VI0hrYQ
On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 11:36 PM Drew Jensen <drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <da...@libreoffice.org> 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 <da...@libreoffice.org> >> >> 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) < >> luke.kend...@gmail.com> >> >>>> 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: >> >>> documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> >>>>> 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: >> >>> documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> >>> 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: >> documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> 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: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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
