Bug 109112 - "Arrange > Reverse" does nothing; swapping of positions of objects (textboxes, shapes)
Summary: "Arrange > Reverse" does nothing; swapping of positions of objects (textboxes...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
5.3.4.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Textbox
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Reported: 2017-07-14 00:44 UTC by C
Modified: 2017-07-25 08:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Example (12.16 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation)
2017-07-14 13:15 UTC, Jacques Guilleron
Details
Swapping effect (14.10 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation)
2017-07-16 13:23 UTC, Jacques Guilleron
Details
example to show the convenience of a swap command (13.82 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation)
2017-07-16 15:44 UTC, C
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Description C 2017-07-14 00:44:34 UTC
Selecting 2 elements, right click, Arrange > Reverse
should interchange positions between the 2 (right?)

instead it does nothing.

Tried with:
1) 2 new textboxes
2) 2 textboxes created with slide layout
3) 2 inserted symbols (happy faces)
4) 3 inserted symbols
Comment 1 Jacques Guilleron 2017-07-14 13:12:58 UTC
Hello C,

It seems to me that this command only change stacking order of drawing elements, if they were previously superposed.
Comment 2 Jacques Guilleron 2017-07-14 13:15:21 UTC
Created attachment 134628 [details]
Example
Comment 3 C 2017-07-15 18:14:22 UTC
(In reply to Jacques Guilleron from comment #2)
> Created attachment 134628 [details]
> Example

oh i see. 
should i change this bug to enhancement and ask for the swapping of positions?
or should i file as new?
Comment 4 raal 2017-07-16 11:02:28 UTC
Please could you describe use cases? Does similar function exist in another office suite (powerpoint, calligra, google docs)?
Comment 5 Jacques Guilleron 2017-07-16 13:20:30 UTC
I didn't find a such feature elsewhere, See attachment to get a swapping effect with the current tools.
Isn't it enough? Did you expect something else?
Comment 6 Jacques Guilleron 2017-07-16 13:23:59 UTC
Created attachment 134661 [details]
Swapping effect
Comment 7 C 2017-07-16 15:44:48 UTC
Created attachment 134666 [details]
example to show the convenience of a swap command

I found it in Inkscape. In Align and Distribute sidebar (Shift+Ctrl+A)

I think all of these commands would be useful/appropriate for Impress slide elements.

In particular i was referring to "Exchange positions of selected objects - selection order"
Comment 8 Jacques Guilleron 2017-07-18 08:35:26 UTC
Thank you for the sample. I set status to NEW.
Comment 9 C 2017-07-18 15:07:41 UTC
(In reply to Jacques Guilleron from comment #8)
> Thank you for the sample. I set status to NEW.

cool, thx. i also see it was marked 'enhancement'.