Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 87025
Ctrl+DragDrop does not work anymore
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:42:49 UTC
Open a Writer document, write some words. Select one word. With the mouse Control + drag and drop elsewhere in the document. The mouse cursor says it will make a copy. But nothing happens at drop! Used to work in previous versions... regression. Found on 2.4.0 RC2 today, still buggy on 2.4.0 RC5.
Adding keyword regression
Cannot reproduce, works fine her in RC4. Maybe a corrupted/old configuration? Try with deleting c:\documents and settings\[username]\application data\OpenOffice.org2 before starting OOo next time.
SBA: Declared as showstopper for OOo 2.4 after discussion with MH. Set target OOo 2.4. Reassigned to OD.
When pressing Ctrl first and then dragging, copy will fail. When pressing Ctrl while dragging, copy process will work.
The help file says that you have to push CTRL or SHIFT+CTRL before releasing the mousebutton. So for me this works as designed, as described by mru.
Investigation reveals that the in SRC680m238 the behavior has changed.
--> volkerme Help on Dragging and Dropping Within a OpenOffice.org Document "If you press Ctrl or Shift+Ctrl while releasing the mouse button, you can control whether the object is copied, moved, or a link is created." That's what I do: a)press Ctrl b)press mouse button c)move mouse -> the mouse cursor displays with a + d)release mouse button. Nothing happens. It is not said that you press Ctrl during the move. My method works in many applications, it should continue to work in OpenOffice.
bmarcelly: Are you sure that's a regression? It works as described in the help. Help says: If you press Ctrl or Shift+Ctrl while releasing the mouse button ... What you are doing is not according to the help. The behaviour can/should be changed, so that the moment pressing Ctrl is irrelevant. As it works as described in the help -> NO SHOWSTOPPER
-> jolatt "It works as described in the help." No. You are playing on words. Read again the help and my last description. - The Ctrl key _is_ pressed when I release the mouse button. This way is included in the help phrase. - Moreover, the mouse cursor has changed to "copying" while dragging, so OOo has recognized the situation. It's a regression.
fix in progress. defect cause: The selection, containing the dragged text, is by accident destroyed on performing drop. Introduced by a code snippet, which is introduced for the block selection/copy-and-paste/drag-and-drop
fixed - changed file: /sw/source/ui/dochdl/swdtflvr.cxx patch will be attached.
Created attachment 52100 [details] patch to solve this issue
OD->MRU: Please check fix with internally provided libraries
ES took over the testing
Does this also affect the OOo 3.0?
Verified on Master OOH_m11 with libraries.
MRU->KZ: yes, I just tested the DEV300m3 and the bug also occurs there.
Checked fix n 680m12.