https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139164
--- Comment #41 from Telesto <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #40) > (In reply to خالد حسني from comment #39) > > Since both print and pdf export dialogs have options for “selection only”, I > > don’t see why we need complicated solutions rather than simply changing the > > default. > > Printing the whole document by mistake has significant negative physical > consequences: Many physical pages, possibly with a lot of ink/toner. That's > why we have to be extra-careful about this choice. A) The 'whole document' is default in more applications (Word/Chromium). So people are familiar with it B) Printing selection only is a niche use case (I agree with Khaled) C) You can often abort a print-job, if you incidentally printed the whole document) D) The current print selection does cause same issue. If you have something selected, when pressing print, you are actually printing the selection. E) That an object being selected doesn't entail you intend to print that item only. If you're design (say) a form, and you moved a text label, before hitting print, the 'text label' will be selected (and printed). The selection is made in the context of the last edit made, not a selection with the intention print this. There is quite a surprise effect, what happened here.. F) Already 2,5 year has passed, without a solution I personally prefer a simple revert to the old state, and a new bug for deliberation on a different solution (and finding someone who will implement it). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
