https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161441
Bug ID: 161441
Summary: UI: Hard to tell which side of a shape being used for
as reference for rotation
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.8.0.0 alpha1+ Master
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Draw
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
UI: Hard to tell which side of a shape being used for as reference for rotation
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the attached file
2. Change the rotation of the vertical rectangle to horizontal
Actual Results:
* The rectangle initially drawn horizontal has 0 degree rotation
* The rectangle drawn also has 0 degree rotation. Converting to horizontal
means a 90 degree (or -90 degree) rotation. Where the negative or positive
rotation doesn't matter, until you you add text to a shape :-(. Which you can
fix by rotation the shape (or more by rotating the text itself).
This rather common experience, IMHO. Lets assume some - like me - re-using a
shape (by copy paste) initially drawn say vertically but used horizontally. The
horizontal shape will have 90 degree angle. Really counter intuitive
Opposite happens to: copy/paste of horizontal shape rotation to vertical. So
horizontal shape getting angle of 90, which feels natural (to me)
Expected Results:
No clue
A) Use one angle as basepoint (say horizontal). So vertically drawn object is
has automatically a 90 degree angle. No clue if this being workable
B) Some visual indicator on the shape itself marking where the top side of the
shape is; improving the UI feedback
C) Both
D) Something else
FWIW: I didn't do an extensive comparison with other apps (yet). Quick MS Word
appears to do A & B
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: e3bd3c7e3178dc091fd002628f052666b4db3be6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 8.1 X86_64 (6.3 build 9600); UI render:
Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: nl-NL (nl_NL); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
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