Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 48719
Draw: Keep-Ratio on photos does not work
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:31:17 UTC
Open new drawing from Quickstarter >Insert >Picture >From File You can move the picture and grab the corners and change the size. Right-click on the picture >select "Position and Size" and you get the position and size menu. The default should be that "Keep Ratio" is highlighted but that is not the bug. The "Keep Ratio" feature does nothing. This is the bug. There are 4 sides and 4 corners handles on a picture. On most packages that have a "Lock Aspect Ratio" feature, it is easier to get to, ie: it would be on the right-click menu. ===> Here is how it is supposed to work: When Locked, the Keep-Ratio" lock has NoEffect on the side handles. When Locked, the Corner Handles ONLY move on the diagonals, directly towards the opposite corner. When Unlocked, the corner handles can be moved in a circle or anywhere else. The analogy bug to side handles would be if side handles were unlocked, they would move around in any direction. Side handles normally don't get unlocked in draw programs. The test for a fix is when you change the size of a circle, it has to remain a circle when it is changed with the corner handles. It should work on a circle "basic shape" and a ellipse "basic shape" but neither will lock. I tried Circle, and Ellipse and Pictue and none of them lock aspect ratio as described above. >Right click > position and size > keep ratio thanks
This issue was for version 1.9.95
"Keep ratio" works, as long as it is checked and you chnage the size in the spin boxes above it. As a work-arround: the SHIFT key pressed, when resizing helps to keep the ratio. But nevertheless it would be cool to have this implemented that it works without the dialog open. And, last but not least, it is not understandable for the user why this option only works within the dialog.
Reassigned.
It would be nice if the default was to NOT have to push shift key to lock diagonals. You can ALWAYS change to a non-aspect ratio locked size by pulling on one side and then the other side. Also, why does locking position in the <right click> position-and-size window lock the ratio and size and gray them out? This should not be related to position.
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".