Bug 150074

Summary: Sidebar hides character properties for many multi object selections
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: OfficeUser <norbert.notz>
Component: DrawAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: minor CC: ilmari.lauhakangas
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.3.4.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Bug Blocks: 112629    
Attachments: Testkit

Description OfficeUser 2022-07-20 13:48:49 UTC 
Hello all,

The sidebar has an area to edit the character properties (font, step size, etc.).

Unfortunately, for certain objects that are part of a multiple selection, the sidebar hides the character properties area as soon as it becomes part of a multiple selection. This is despite the fact that the character properties are displayed for such an object in a single selection.

Please open the attached test kit to reproduce the behavior:

- Select the MetaFile object.
Note that the chararacter properties ARE displayed.

- Select the cube 3D object.
Note that the chararacter properties ARE displayed.

- Select the text fields and the Draw Shape.
Note that the chararacter properties ARE displayed.

- Now select all objects.
Note that the chararacter properties are NOT displayed. This happens as soon as either the MetaFile or the cube 3D object became part of a multi object selection.


I would like to emphasize here that this bug extremely affects usability in some cases. For example, when importing a PDF into Draw, it often happens that you have to replace the unavailable fonts with other fonts.
This can usually be done quite easily by pressing CTRL+a and then changing the font for all objects at once in the sidebar (in the character properties). However, this bug prevents exactly this from working in some cases, because the character properties are hidden.
Comment 1 OfficeUser 2022-07-20 13:50:40 UTC 
Created attachment 181347 [details]
Testkit
Comment 2 OfficeUser 2022-07-20 13:53:48 UTC 
Impress is affected by this bug too.
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2022-08-08 11:54:14 UTC 
I confirm.

You can still modify the properties with multi-selection through the menu Format - Character.

(In reply to OfficeUser from comment #0)
> - Select the cube 3D object.
> Note that the chararacter properties ARE displayed.

This is not true for me.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 7.3.5.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 30(Build:2)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.18; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
7.3.5-1
Calc: threaded