https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77393
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 77393
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: EDITING: Enhancement request: allow to keep ratio by
default when resizing images
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Whiteboard: BSA
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.1.5.3 release
Component: Writer
Product: LibreOffice
Problem description:
When resizing an image, the current default behavior is some kind of "natural
resizing" where the resizing follows exactly the mouse movement which will in
most case end-up by a distorted image.
LibreOffice does not offer a sufficiently user friendly way to keep the image
ratio.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Insert an image in a new writer document (Insert > Image > From a file
2. Resize it using the corner handles, the only way to avoid the image being
distorted is to keep the shift key pressed on the keyborad while dragging the
handle with the mouse, which a casual user cannot invent.
Current behavior:
For most users this "natural resizing" is not the expected one because a lot of
other software and html wysiwyg editors keep the ratio by default when the
user use the corners handler.
Currently LibreOffice propose a functionality to keep the image ratio for which
the user is supposedly to use his both hands, pressing shift key on the
keyboard while using the mouse to select and drag the handle without releasing
the shift key... which may pose severe accessibility limitation for not
computer friendly people and is counter-intuitive since a lot of casual users
have no clue that the default resizing behavior can even be changed by
maintaining the shift key pressed.
Expected behavior:
LibreOffice should let the end-user choose his expected behavior. There should
be either an option in the configuration screen, but even better a button in
the image toolbar which allows the end-user to choose between the two possible
resizing behaviors without having to press some keys combination anymore:
- Current default behavior: using a corner handle to resize the image follows
exactly the mouse movement, allowing the image to be flatten for instance,
- Keep ratio behavior: behavior currently only obtainable by using the shift
key, ie. do not follow exactly mouse movement but keep exactly the image ratio.
Operating System: All
Version: 4.1.5.3 release
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