Bug 148177

Summary:	Border Shadow Style; add a "Blur" property (like LO Draw)
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	R. Green <greenandpleasant2000-support>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	buzea.bogdan, dgp-mail, maxime, rb.henschel
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Blocks:	107831, 107838

Description R. Green 2022-03-25 10:47:53 UTC

Version: 7.1.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

In LO Draw it is possible to add "Blur" to a shadow. However, this is currently not supported in LO Writer (see Paragraph / Character Style > Borders > Shadow Style).

My guess it would add more realism to text and table shadows.

SUGGESTION: Add a Blur property to Borders Shadow Style.

Comment 1 Dieter 2022-04-07 08:22:15 UTC

(In reply to R. Green from comment #0)
> In LO Draw it is possible to add "Blur" to a shadow.

Couldn't see a border tab in character or paragraph dialog in Draw (only in Graphic Styles Dialog).

Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2022-04-07 23:41:56 UTC

Graphic objects in Draw and paragraphs, characters and frames in Writer have technically different shadows. One is a set of draw:shadow-foo attributes, the other is one attribute style:shadow.

You can use a Text Box in the meantime as workaround. The text box has blur shadow because it is a graphic object. You can anchor the text box as character to keep it in the text flow.

Nevertheless it is a valid request.

Comment 3 md 2023-03-27 12:47:11 UTC

This could also apply on image, 
It is not possible to have realistic shadow on image.

The UI do not allow to set a blur width on the Borders tab of the image properties dialog