Bug 130368 - [Feature Request] Add multi / group select object feature (i.e. text boxes) to libre writter
Summary: [Feature Request] Add multi / group select object feature (i.e. text boxes) t...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Reported: 2020-02-02 21:45 UTC by george
Modified: 2020-02-03 08:21 UTC (History)
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text boxes grouping (168.38 KB, image/jpeg)
2020-02-03 08:21 UTC, george
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Description george 2020-02-02 21:45:19 UTC
Description:
In Libre Draw I can create object (text boxes, shapes etc) and then holding shift I can click on then and multi select them, group them etv. In Libre Writer this feature is not enabled but it is very useful. Also MS Word has this feature enabled.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Create more than one text boxes or shapes
2.Try to multi select them holding shift and click
3.It is not possible to multi select object

Actual Results:
It is not possible to group select objects

Expected Results:
It should be possible to multi select object the same way it works in Libre Draw


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: Yes


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
LibreOffice
Version: 6.3.4.2
Build ID: 1:6.3.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1~lo2
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: el-GR (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Dieter 2020-02-03 07:55:36 UTC
George, that's possible in writer for shapes

1. Add some shapes
2. select one shape an put cursp outside shape
2. click left and "draw" a frame around shapes
3. in context menu select "group"


I can also group text boxes, but only with Format => Group => Group

I can't do this with context menu.

=> I close this as RESOLVED WORKSFOMRE and will open a new bug for the textbox issue.
Comment 2 Dieter 2020-02-03 08:00:32 UTC
(In reply to Dieter from comment #1)
> => I close this as RESOLVED WORKSFOMRE and will open a new bug for the
> textbox issue.

Bug 130375 (Would be nice, if you can confirm it, George)
Comment 3 george 2020-02-03 08:21:00 UTC
Created attachment 157608 [details]
text boxes grouping

text boxes grouping context menu, working OK
Comment 4 george 2020-02-03 08:21:40 UTC
(In reply to Dieter from comment #1)
> George, that's possible in writer for shapes
> 
> 1. Add some shapes
> 2. select one shape an put cursp outside shape
> 2. click left and "draw" a frame around shapes
> 3. in context menu select "group"
> 
> 
> I can also group text boxes, but only with Format => Group => Group
> 
> I can't do this with context menu.
> 
> => I close this as RESOLVED WORKSFOMRE and will open a new bug for the
> textbox issue.

I am so sorry.... I was so careless... Actually I was working with frames and I thought they were text boxes...

You are right, shapes and text boxes grouping and multi select is possible.

I can also group text boxes, both with shift+click method and with the arrow select method. Therefore I am not experiencing the issue you are talking about. See screenshot I attached.