Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 75123
some shapes or frames above a graphic cannot be selected
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:25:54 UTC
In some documents, when Drawing shapes (created in Writer with the Drawing toolbar) are placed above a graphic, they cannot be selected afterwards. Only the picture is selected. The only way to have access to the shapes is either use the arrow selection tool or resize the graphic. As soon as a shape is partly outside the picture, it can be selected (if mouse points on the part outside the pic). No pattern found but it seems to occur for items in tables or nested tables. Checked only on Windows right now. See following attachment: - taken from a document where the issue occurs, removed all material around - replaced the initial pic by one of the OOo gallery - edited the callout to replace the initial text - copied and pasted the pic and the shapes => no problem in the first table => no problem for the copied shape in the nested table (rather weird) See also this thread : http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=53874 Additional information : in this very same document, some of the callouts keep being sent to the right page border, whatever the position is at save.
Created attachment 43524 [details] File with non selectable shapes above graphic
MRU->OD: see attached document. The red-bordered callout could not be selected, though it lies over the graphic.
Created attachment 43531 [details] Some text frames and objects can't be selected but others can
The red shapes in "Non selectable shapes.odt" work for me if I first select them using the graphics cursor (Drawing toolbar; rubber-band around them), then do Format > Arrange > Bring to Front. Once I do that, I can select them normally. I think they may be "behind" the graphic in spite of appearances.
Format > Arrange > Bring to Front works for my test document (even after close and re-load) but it doesnt on my original document (I can't upload it): after save and close, it reverses to this 'fake background' status ! Anyway, why a shape put above should not be kept in foreground at save ?
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