Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 58110
cannot select dawing object in front of a picture which anchored as character
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:22:08 UTC
it is very straigthforward. Yet strange to find the reason because it happens randomly, sometimes it happens after document saved and re-opend. But one thing for sure, once one picture begin to behave buggy, it will keep behave buggy forever. So it's pretty easy to catch the bug just by opening the document I attached. to reproduce: 1) insert a picture in this document, anchor it as character; 2) use 'draw' tool bar to draw a rectangle within the picture (in front of the picture); 4) save it and reopen it. 5) chances are, now you cannot select the rectangle anymore, if you click the rectangle, the picture (which anchored as a character) gets selected; fast reproduce: Open the document I attached, you will not be able to select the rectangle over the person's face (on the first page. as this document only has one page).
Created attachment 31609 [details] buggy document contain a person's face anchored-as-character and an unselectable rectangle over it
MRU->OD: it is not possible to select the drawing object directly by clicking in this case.
sorry for looking stupid: you said "in this case", then what's the alternative? E.g. how can I select this rectangle not by clicking? This is important because I have a very long document (some 200 pages) and for some unknown reasons all of the pictures in this file are buggy. Thus I am wasting a lot of time by first remove the picture then select the draw object, after modification take the picture back. also, does what you said mean that this bug is arranged to be killed in the future?
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".