Issue 61226 - Allow user to move a graphic into a frame; anchor should also snap in frames
Summary: Allow user to move a graphic into a frame; anchor should also snap in frames
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: editing (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2006-01-27 07:40 UTC by raindrops
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:43 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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2006-01-27 07:53 UTC, raindrops 		no flags Details
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Description raindrops 2006-01-27 07:40:37 UTC 
Moving a graphic into a frame is not easy. The normal drag-n-drop does not work.
The user has to follow a long-winded approach:
1. select a graphic
2. Press CTRL+X to cut it
3. Click outside the frame
4. Click inside the frame
5. Press CTRL+V to paste the graphic in the frame.

(Note that step-3 is an odd step; but without that, Writer does not allow
editing of a frame)

Desired: Allow user to directly drag-n-drop a graphic into a frame. When the
image is over the frame, its anchor should show up in the frame; just like how
it shows up in a table.
Comment 1 raindrops 2006-01-27 07:53:37 UTC 
Created attachment 33609 [details]
Zip file, contains the original odt and its pdf version.
Comment 2 raindrops 2006-01-27 08:04:32 UTC 
Oops! Attached the file to the wrong issue. Can someone delete the attachment
please?
Comment 3 lars 2006-01-29 09:41:32 UTC 
you can drag and drop the anchor into the frame... this also moves the image to 
the frame
Comment 4 raindrops 2006-01-30 05:06:24 UTC 
Well, that may be good as a workaround, but it is not intuitive, because the
anchor is never dragged for normal moving of images. 

In the WYSIWYG culture, the image should be dragged; not its anchor, which is
abstract.

BTW I don't think this is addressed in the manuals (as a tip).
Comment 5 michael.ruess 2006-01-30 09:32:58 UTC 
Drag and drop into a frame will work (as lars also mentioned).
Currently, moving a graphic into a frame (incl. anchor) is not supported; the
"snapping" algorithm has to be enhaced to also recognize frame content to snap
the anchor there.
Comment 6 lymwaydurchting 2010-11-11 01:04:09 UTC 
Created attachment 73957