Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Full Text Issue Listing |
Summary: | In form design - pasting fields should paste at position where cursor is | ||
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Product: | Base | Reporter: | kieser <brad> |
Component: | code | Assignee: | AOO issues mailing list <issues> |
Status: | CONFIRMED --- | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | Trivial | ||
Priority: | P3 | CC: | bsuerig, issues |
Version: | OOo 2.0 | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Hardware: | PC | ||
OS: | Linux, all | ||
Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Latest Confirmation in: | --- |
Developer Difficulty: | --- |
Description
kieser
2006-01-18 00:47:44 UTC
Hi Bradley, This is the correct behaviour. When you copy the object you copy all the properties of the object and also the position property so it's past to the same place. May be a 'workaround': You can set the 'anchor' of the object to different places. In the context menu of a control you can set different anchors, f.e. as character. If you then copy the control and click somewhere in you text and paste the object, then the object paste to the currect position of you cursor, because the object behave as a character. Anyway this is a valid RFE( Request for Enhancement) form the user perspective, so I reassign it to the right user. have a nice day Bye Marc Hi marc, I tried the anchor as a character but that means you cannot place the copy anywhere on the screen if your form is only fields and not text and fields. It restricts you to the left hand margin of the page. I have since upgraded to 2.0.1 so this applies to the latest binary release for Linux. I understand why this behaviour is happening, because the position is included as an attribute, but that really is not correct because if you are copying and pasting, you definitely do NOT want it on top of the control that you already have! No point. This will seriously confuse users who will copy and paste... paste... paste... then assume that the pasting simply doesn't work. At the very least, the new control should be placed in a blank area of the form or at least slightly offset off its source control so that it's clear that the new control has been created, is on the form, and which one is the copy and which is the original. I can see a lot of confusion with the way that it presently works. |