https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72171
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 72171
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: Other: Regression: LO Formulas cannot be broken in
their components
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Whiteboard: BSA
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: unspecified
Component: Formula Editor
Product: LibreOffice
Problem description:
In AOO (and in older versions of LO) it was possible to insert a formula and
then to select it and break it into its textual components. In current LO this
is not possible anymore. Once a formula is selected (e.g. in draw or impress)
it is possible to open a contextual menu that includes the entry 'break'.
However, breaking does not work. After break one still has an embedded formula
object in the document. In AOO the formula can be broken into its textual
elements. Similarly, in current LO, formulas cannot be converted to polygons,
even if the conversion entry appears in the contextual menu. In current AOO,
this works.
Being able to break formulas is quite useful to apply colors or modifications
to formula elements, or to design formulas and then to be able to use their
parts as 'shapes' to build complex graphics.
Recently this functionality has been broken in LO, even if I would not be able
to say when this regression has been introduced. This means that to manipulate
formula elements as shapes, one needs to use AOO (or at least to have AOO
installed in parallel to LO).
Steps to reproduce:
1. start libreoffice draw or libreoffice impress
2. use insert -> object -> formula to open the formula editor and insert a
formula (any formula can be used here)
3. exit the formula editor and select the formula
4. right click to open the contextual menu. Select 'break'
Current behavior:
Nothing happens. The formula object is still a formula object. This is quite
evident by double clicking on it. The formula editor opens.
Expected behavior (and AOO behavior)
The formula is broken into its textual and graphical components.
After the break the individual parts of text can be selected, converted to
curves or polygons, etc.
Operating System: All
Version: unspecified
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