Description: When inserting a chart using the wizard, an object (what will later become the chart, but is still a white and empty shape at that stage of the wizard) obstruct cell selection on part of the sheet, making it difficult to select cells under this object. Steps to Reproduce: 1. In Calc, try to Insert > Chart… 2. Click on one of the buttons to select cells range in "Data series" or "Data range" in the wizard. Actual Results: A white and empty shape is already placed on the sheet that should contain the chart later. This object is placed over a large zone of cells so that if you need to select cells under this object, you just can't do it. You can't even see them. Expected Results: It should be possible to see and select cells over the whole sheet. Therefore, the object should not be here at this step when using the wizard and should either be created later, or be hidden at this step. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:53.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/53.0
Yes it has happened to me as well. I behaves the same in LO 5.3 beta2
Hi Clément, superurbi, What happens if you first select the whole Data range and Insert chart next or Select another sheet before Insert chart? Jacques
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(In reply to Jacques Guilleron from comment #2) > Hi Clément, superurbi, > > What happens if you first select the whole Data range and > Insert chart next > or > Select another sheet before Insert chart? > > Jacques Sorry, I totally missed the needinfo (offtopic, but it could be wise to enable the needinfo reminder available in Bugzilla). So, to finally answer your questions, both of what you're proposing are working. However those are still other ways to do things and depending on the people this is, in my humble opinion, a mere workaround. This doesn't change the fact the user shouldn't be disturbed by the chart shape to select cells later.
(In reply to Clément L. from comment #4) > (In reply to Jacques Guilleron from comment #2) > > Hi Clément, superurbi, > > > > What happens if you first select the whole Data range and > > Insert chart next > > or > > Select another sheet before Insert chart? > > > > Jacques > > Sorry, I totally missed the needinfo (offtopic, but it could be wise to > enable the needinfo reminder available in Bugzilla). > > So, to finally answer your questions, both of what you're proposing are > working. > However those are still other ways to do things and depending on the people > this is, in my humble opinion, a mere workaround. > This doesn't change the fact the user shouldn't be disturbed by the chart > shape to select cells later. You can also insert the chart and then select the range of data using the Data Ranges dialog
When clicking the 'select data range' button in step 2 of the wizard hides the wizard dialog to not obstruct selection, so in the same way the chart should be hidden to do the same. Heiko, Stuart: thoughts?
(In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) from comment #6) > When clicking the 'select data range' button in step 2 of the wizard hides > the wizard dialog to not obstruct selection, so in the same way the chart > should be hidden to do the same. > > Heiko, Stuart: thoughts? Adding just to be sure: there's data range, but there's also the data series selection.
Created attachment 137399 [details] Screenshot of step 2 with hidden wizard but dummy chart visible It's not the wizard that bothers the OP but the chart 'preview' is annoying. We made a proposal to rework the chart wizard some time ago where the preview was integrated into the dialog. That would solve the issue. https://user-prompt.com/libreoffice-design-session-inserting-a-chart/
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #8) > We made a proposal to rework the chart wizard some time ago where the > preview was integrated into the dialog. That would solve the issue. > > https://user-prompt.com/libreoffice-design-session-inserting-a-chart/ Heiko, the link seems dead, could you make it available again? I am interested in this, because I had thought that it could only be fixed pragmatically by hiding the Chart Area, but this doesn't sound bad; however, how would the scaling of the chart be dealt with? A chart with appropriate size will often be as big as the dialog or bigger. This issue is still present in LibreOffice 6.0.2.1.0.
(In reply to Severo Raz from comment #9) > > https://user-prompt.com/libreoffice-design-session-inserting-a-chart/ > > Heiko, the link seems dead, could you make it available again? Yes, the site has been closed recently. Poked the owner and he promised to give me temporary access so that I can move the content to our new blog. Still pending, though.
"LibreOffice Design Session: Inserting a Chart" is resurrected at https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/04/16/insertchart/ (hope it hasn't become a zombie)
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #11) > "LibreOffice Design Session: Inserting a Chart" is resurrected at > https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2015/04/16/insertchart/ (hope it > hasn't become a zombie) Thank you for this. This looks good and would definitely solve the problem, from my perspective; Clément L. what do you think?
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I tested this bug with LO 6.2.4 and it has not been resolved. This bug is inherited from OOo and I have set the version to match this.
I would add even more drastic proposal – to hide all charts in Calc while range selection is active (or how is called mode when wizard is minimized to a single entry line). Version: 7.1.0.0.beta1 Build ID: 828a45a14a0b954e0e539f5a9a10ca31c81d8f53 CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 5.10; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 Locale: lv-LV (lv_LV.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
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Bug is still here, and looking at the age probably isn't a regression.