https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74364
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 74364
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: EDITING: Selecting multiple draw objects should show
(unselectable) handles for all objects
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.1.4.2 release
Component: Writer
Product: LibreOffice
LibreOffice 4.1.4.2 on Ubuntu 13.04.
1. Create a new document in Writer.
2. Using the Drawing toolbar, draw 3 rectangles in a row, left to right,
drawing the middle one a little smaller than the other 2. Leave the right-hand
one selected.
3. Shift-click the left-hand rectangle to make a multiple selection that
contains the left & right rectangles.
4. The displayed selection-handles change from being on the edges of the
right-hand rectangle to being on the edges of the bounding box of the
2-rectangle selection.
5. Issue: There is nothing visible to indicate that the middle rectangle
isn't selected but the left & right rectangles are selected.
This is especially a problem if the user is Shift-clicking items like the
middle rectangle to add them to, or subtract them from, the multiple selection
- there is no visual cue that the Shift-click of the middle rectangle did
anything. (Since the middle rectangle is entirely within the bounding box of
the left-&-right-rectangle selection.)
Inkscape and Dia give much better visual feedback of multiple selections:
* Inkscape draws dashed lines around the individual objects.
* Dia continues to show the selection handles of the individual objects, but
changes the handle colour & makes the handles unselectable.
I prefer Dia's approach. The dashed lines in Inkscape can be hard to see, and
may require more coding work (than changing the handle colour) to add to LO. I
think LO should still have selection handles for the bounding box so the
selected objects can be resized collectively.
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