https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156994
--- Comment #9 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalr...@gmx.com> --- (In reply to Stéphane Guillou (stragu) from comment #7) > As it is possible to wrap text in parallel around a custom-shape's > "contour", I can see how users could expect to be able to do something > similar _inside_ the shape. Actually, it's deeper than that. If you're not used to MS Office (or existing LO behavior), I claim user will expect not just to be _able_ to do this, but for this to be the default. If the shape is an ellipse, than the text should be bounded by the ellipse (possibly with some margin). > > given that I found it hard to find questions from users looking for such a > feature You have found it hard because office suite users have it drilled into our heads that text in shapes fits inside a rectangle. It is actually not uncommon that fundamental bugs don't get reported for years, because people encounter them on day one of using the software, get used to them, and forget they may have wanted something else. We've had this a bunch of times w.r.t. RTL bugs. > I think this is low priority. So, here's the thing. In the sense that people are used to this - you're right, it is low priority. But if you think about what newbie users expect - I would say it's high priority that we change the default. > If this is ever implemented, please: > - make the feature optional, and > - do not make it the default, for compatibility's sake Again, I'm arguing that the current behavior is a bug. It's an MSO-compatible bug, but a bug nonetheless. I claim this needs to be the default, with the current behavior used for compatibility (i.e. when opening MSO documents, or if this is introduced in an ODF version, then opening older versions would default to the text-area-is-rectange choice). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
