Description: When changing text attributes to a connector, selecting the option "Adjust to contour" disables all other options for text attributes, which is normal behavior. Clicking OK to apply the text attribute closes the Text dialog and the text disappears from the connector. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Draw a connector between two objects. 2. Select the connector so that the control points are visible. 3. Click on Insert Text Box to enter text mode. 4. Type the connector text. 5. Right-click on the text and select Text Attributes from the context menu to open the Text dialog. 6. Select "Adjust to contour" and all other options are disabled. 7. Click OK and the Text dialog closes. The text disappears. Actual Results: The text disappears from the connector. Expected Results: The text should follow the contour of the connector. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Asian and complex text layout are selected in Options > Language Settings > Languages. This has also be tried with Asian and Complex text layout options deselected.
I confirm your observation, same for straight lines. "Adjust to contour" means, that the text inside a _closed_ polygon or legacy shape is broken into several lines, so that each line goes from one edge to the opposite edge. But neither connector nor straight lines are closed and they do not have an inner area, which could be filled with the text. So for me the error is not, that the text disappears, but that the option "Adjust to contour" is provided for connectors and straight lines. (In reply to PeeWee from comment #0) > Expected Results: > The text should follow the contour of the connector. I think, that the expectation is wrong. For to "follow the contour of the connector" the attribute "adjust to contour" is not suitable. You can use the "Fontwork" tool (.uno:FontWork) for that. It is currently not included in a toolbar or menu. You can customize a menu or toolbar to get it. It is command "Fontwork" in category "Format". It does not only allow "along the path", but you can in addition determine the distance to the line, the direction and the position of the text.
After reading Comment 1, the option "Adjust to contour" should be made unavailable for Text Attributes for connector lines. Suggest this option for Text Attributes is renamed to "Follow the contour" so that it follows the contour of a connector line or any other freeform line that can be drawn in LO Draw.
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