Bug 135899 - ghost white space to left of graphic inserted in Writer
Summary: ghost white space to left of graphic inserted in Writer
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.4.5.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:odt
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Reported: 2020-08-19 06:47 UTC by L P Luigi Espenlaub
Modified: 2021-07-12 03:43 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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This is the white space on the left which cannot be cropped from the image (44.43 KB, image/png)
2020-08-19 06:47 UTC, L P Luigi Espenlaub
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Only the Ghost white space is shown in the frame. Cropping has no effect. (10.82 KB, image/png)
2020-08-19 06:50 UTC, L P Luigi Espenlaub
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Image shown in Image Properties. Dotted line defines true image boarder. Rest is Ghost background, (74.65 KB, image/png)
2020-09-05 01:33 UTC, L P Luigi Espenlaub
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Shows images added three ways (82.40 KB, image/png)
2020-09-05 02:05 UTC, L P Luigi Espenlaub
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Image in Shotwell showing no additional background either right or left (152.97 KB, image/png)
2020-09-05 02:09 UTC, L P Luigi Espenlaub
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Same Writer page and images in Print Preview. (72.02 KB, image/png)
2020-09-05 02:15 UTC, L P Luigi Espenlaub
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Description L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-08-19 06:47:39 UTC
Created attachment 164435 [details]
This is the white space on the left which cannot be cropped from the image

After the last Libre Office update when I insert a graphic into Writer all i see in the frame is white space and "Image x".

When I open the Image Properties on the [Image] tab i find the image but with a large white space appended to the left which cannot be cropped out.
When I go to print preview the page the image shows as expected
When I pull the same image into Draw there is no white space appended.
I have not changed Libre Office Options and made no changes to image properties.

Version: 6.4.5.2
Build ID: libreoffice-6.4.5.2-snap1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS See attachment
Comment 1 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-08-19 06:50:11 UTC
Created attachment 164436 [details]
Only the Ghost white space is shown in the frame. Cropping has no effect.
Comment 2 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-08-19 06:56:09 UTC
Forgot platform info. Ubuntu
-Version-
Kernel		: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic (x86_64)
Version		: #46~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 10 07:21:24 UTC 2020
C Library	: GNU C Library / (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.27-3ubuntu1.2) 2.27
Distribution	: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Comment 3 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-09-05 01:33:03 UTC
Created attachment 165166 [details]
Image shown in Image Properties. Dotted line defines true image boarder. Rest is Ghost background,

Any ghost background LO-W adds to an image on the left, fills the frame on the Edit page but not in the print preview.
Comment 4 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-09-05 02:05:45 UTC
Created attachment 165167 [details]
Shows images added three ways

One image was copied with the text above and pastes from an HTML help page, 
The second an image inserted from an image saved on disk.
The third using "copy image" from a web page, then pasted.
What is visable is the ghost background which only exists in [image] tab the [Properties] window.
Comment 5 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-09-05 02:09:38 UTC
Created attachment 165168 [details]
Image in Shotwell showing no additional background either right or left

Just to prove to myself that the extra background did not come with the images, I opened them in both GIMP, and Shotwell, as well as inserting into a LO-Draw document. Each showed the image as here with no extra background.
Comment 6 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-09-05 02:15:21 UTC
Created attachment 165169 [details]
Same Writer page and images in Print Preview.

Print preview ignores the ghost backgrounds. However, this means that Print Preview must be invoked:
* To see if the image is displayed, 
* Again after any cropping.
* Again after any resizing.
All of which adds extra time and distraction to the user experience.
Comment 7 L P Luigi Espenlaub 2020-09-05 02:32:29 UTC
Version: 7.0.1.2
Build ID: 88a63c56098013eb4038e11ebe7c8c0daab09aa8
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

If anyone can or cannot duplicate this on another OS than Ubuntu, or installation other than from the Snap Store, It would be helpful to who ever takes this up.

My install an Ubuntu Software Snap So if this problem is not duplicated in LO-W install from a .deb or tar.gz that will be notable as well.

My system is an old hand-me-up from my son and I am not sure it would be stable enough for multiple installs of LO. 

I did do an uninstall and reinstall from the Snap Store after this showed up in 6.0 just about a month ago.

I will keep track of this and gladly answer any further questions or try any suggested solutions and report back.

Thank you.
Comment 8 Dieter 2020-12-12 13:46:46 UTC
L P Luigi, thank you for reporting the bug. Please attach the image itself and add some steps to reproduce the problem. You mentioned a lot of aspects and so I'm niot sure, if I've really grasped the problem.

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Comment 9 QA Administrators 2021-06-11 03:49:39 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2021-07-12 03:43:20 UTC
Dear L P Luigi Espenlaub,

Please read this message in its entirety before proceeding.

Your bug report is being closed as INSUFFICIENTDATA due to inactivity and
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