Bug 143775 - Add web browser form widget to Libre Base
Summary: Add web browser form widget to Libre Base
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Base (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: lowest enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/o...
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2021-08-08 02:09 UTC by Yue
Modified: 2021-08-09 09:29 UTC (History)
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Description Yue 2021-08-08 02:09:15 UTC 
I see that both the commercial Microsoft Office Access and free open-source Kexi have this widget to allow browsing a website/image (animating gifs included) in a form. Is there any plan that Libre Office will add to this feature?
Comment 1 Robert Großkopf 2021-08-08 06:44:59 UTC 
Do you only want to open a website from a form by the browser or what do you mean with "browsing a website/image"?
Comment 2 Yue 2021-08-08 11:24:53 UTC 
(In reply to Robert Großkopf from comment #1)
> Do you only want to open a website from a form by the browser or what do you
> mean with "browsing a website/image"?

I mean an embedded web browser frame "widget" directly in the form, not opening a URL with external browser programs, so that images, including animating gifs, and website content can be shown in the form without the need to open an external browser to view.
Comment 3 Yue 2021-08-08 11:53:35 UTC 
How it is to work:
It will be an embedded widget/control (like CEF - Chromium Embedded Framework) that user can drag and drop into the form, setting its position and size in the form. After setting which URL field in the table it binds to, this widget/control in the form can show the web content of the specifed URL field without calling an external program to open. After a user switches to the next record, the visual content of this widget/control changes accordingly.
Comment 4 Robert Großkopf 2021-08-08 15:35:33 UTC 
Such a feature doesn't exist. So it is a new ask for enhancement.

One hint: There a many asks for enhancement since a long time (nearly 200 for Base). Best is to find a developer, who will work for it:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=enhancement&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&component=Base&list_id=1339723&product=LibreOffice&query_format=advanced
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2021-08-09 05:30:40 UTC 
I don't think we should right away accept shipping a web browser with LibreOffice...
Comment 6 Heiko Tietze 2021-08-09 09:29:03 UTC 
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> I don't think we should right away accept shipping a web browser with
> LibreOffice...

Yes, out of scope. It's bad practice to put everything into one application.

If you disagree, please reopen and add some use case so we can judge whether the current workflow is acceptable. Like "clicking a link" opens the default browser (which is fine IMO).