Bug 133620 - FORMATTING : When multiple text boxes are selected, right-click context menu does not show the Text menu item
Summary: FORMATTING : When multiple text boxes are selected, right-click context menu ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium minor
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Blocks: Context-Menu
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Reported: 2020-06-03 03:25 UTC by stievenard.david
Modified: 2022-11-11 03:56 UTC (History)
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Description stievenard.david 2020-06-03 03:25:31 UTC
Description:
Applying text formatting properties seems to be possible to only one text box at the time.

Example of text formatting properties : spacing to borders, text Anchor, Drawing object text...

Those properties are also not available in the 'property bar' that can be opened with F11. 'Paragraph' is visible but not 'text' properties.

Be able to apply those properties to many text box / objects in one operation could be a nice time saver.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create several text box
2. select all of them 
3. right click to get the context menu
4. try to find the 'text' sub menu in the context menu

Actual Results:
Text formatting sub menu doesn't appear

Expected Results:
Text formatting should appear to let the user do this massibe


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Doing the same operation on only one text box works.

A workaround : set the properties as needed on a first text box and copy it again and again.
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2020-10-17 14:12:55 UTC
Reproduced. You can achieve this by going to the Format menu.

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 9b34dc20b6946698ae6ce2d5d859885bfb444633
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 16 October 2020
Comment 2 stievenard.david 2020-11-10 03:47:07 UTC
I just tried with the menu/format/text and the settings you input don't apply to the text box

tested on libre office 6.3.5.2 on linux ubuntu 19.10
Comment 3 Buovjaga 2020-11-10 07:18:12 UTC
(In reply to stievenard.david from comment #2)
> I just tried with the menu/format/text and the settings you input don't
> apply to the text box
> 
> tested on libre office 6.3.5.2 on linux ubuntu 19.10

Format menu did work for me at the time I tested. You can test a fresher release by using an appimage: https://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2022-11-11 03:56:32 UTC
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