Bug 153990 - Can't change object direction from sidebar if not in text-editing mode
Summary: Can't change object direction from sidebar if not in text-editing mode
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
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5.4.0.3 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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: 157632 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: Sidebar-Properties-Paragraph RTL-UI
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Reported: 2023-03-05 20:30 UTC by Eyal Rozenberg
Modified: 2025-11-03 03:12 UTC (History)
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Description Eyal Rozenberg 2023-03-05 20:30:57 UTC
Create a new presentation, and select one of the textboxes on the default first slide you get. Now have a look at the "Properties" sidebar, under the "Paragraph" category.

You'll notice that the alignment buttons - Left, Center, Right, Justify - are enabled; but the _direction_ buttons - LTR, RTL - are disabled. They should not be!

At the moment, you can only use them if you double-click the textbox, entering edit mode.

This is particularly problematic when you're selecting multiple objects, since you can never be in edit mode for more than one of them at a time!

Notes:

1. You _can_ change the direction using Format | Paragraph.
2. The disabled direction buttons don't show the current object's direction, i.e. none of them will be pressed outside of edit mode. Should I file this as a separate bug?
Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2023-11-02 22:50:00 UTC
*** Bug 157632 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Eyal Rozenberg 2023-11-03 00:03:03 UTC
Sorry, Stephane, for duping my own bug :-(
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2025-11-03 03:12:18 UTC
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