Issue 12499 - Paste drawing replaces selection
Summary: Paste drawing replaces selection
Status: ACCEPTED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: open-import (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.1
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P4 Trivial with 4 votes (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: oooqa, rfe_eval_ok
: 80622 83109 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2003-03-20 11:00 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2013-08-07 14:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description Unknown 2003-03-20 11:00:21 UTC 
When I draw a box (for example) in a text document, copy it and then paste it
while the box is still selected, the existing box is replaced. This gets
annoying when I'm working at the bottom of a page, because I have to select
nothing before I paste, which returns the cursor to the top of the page.

MS Word doesn't replace the selection, which I think is a nicer behaviour.
Although perhaps there should be an option to choose which behaviour is
required. (Perhaps there is one and I just haven't found it yet).
Comment 1 prgmgr 2003-06-27 20:25:51 UTC 
Thank you for your comment James.

Verified on OOo 1.0.3.1 & 1.1 Beta 2.
Comment 2 brat 2003-06-30 20:00:50 UTC 
The same thing happens in 1.1Beta2

I am confirming this issue.
Comment 3 bettina.haberer 2004-01-23 18:31:58 UTC 
Summary: When I draw a box (for example) in a text document, copy it and then
paste it while the box is still selected, the existing box is replaced. This gets
annoying when I'm working at the bottom of a page, because I have to select
nothing before I paste, which returns the cursor to the top of the page.
Considered for OO.o later.
Comment 4 watersrw 2004-09-21 19:59:02 UTC 
If the other object is not selected, it puts the new one right on top of the old
one, appearing not to have pasted a new copy - couldn't pasted objects be tiled
and not replace the selected one?
Comment 5 discoleo 2007-10-07 18:44:49 UTC 
Issue 80622 (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80622) seems to be
a duplicate of this one.
Comment 6 michael.ruess 2007-10-30 09:00:41 UTC 
*** Issue 80622 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 7 michael.ruess 2007-10-30 09:01:10 UTC 
*** Issue 83109 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 8 faoi 2007-10-30 10:23:04 UTC 
I'm not sure if replacing the selected object is the best possible thing. It is surely OK while writing some 
text. But imagine a case where you want to draw several red circles with some text. First you create one 
circle - create it in the right dimensions, place some text in, select the color and then
1) Ctrl+C
2) Ctrl+V
3) grab by mouse and move to desired position
4) Ctrl+V
5) grab by mouse and move to desired position
6) goto 3

But this does not work and instead you have to do

1) Ctrl+C
2) deselect current circle
3) Ctrl+V
4) grab by mouse and move to desired position
5) deselect current circle
6) Ctrl+V
7) grab by mouse and move to desired position
8) deselect current circle
7) goto 3

Please try this yourself and see what current behavior is not very
intuitive - my girlfriend wasn't able to figure that she need to use the
second algorithm and the was really mad after creating 20 red circles :-)
And she works quite OK  with computers. Imagine someone even less skilled.

BTW: Verified on OOo 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 on MacOSX, 2.3 on Windows
Comment 9 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 14:49:10 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".