Bug 154574 - Dragging or copying a new JPG image into the project sometimes hides arrows under the image
Summary: Dragging or copying a new JPG image into the project sometimes hides arrows u...
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.5.0.3 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Blocks: Calc-Images
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Reported: 2023-04-02 21:35 UTC by Jeffry
Modified: 2025-05-08 12:39 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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It is a map of the Wilderness area of a NWN Server I play on. (897.25 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
2023-04-05 22:52 UTC, Jeffry
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Description Jeffry 2023-04-02 21:35:00 UTC
Description:
I'm not really positive what causes the double arrow lines to not work but most of the time when I drag a new jpg/jpeg picture in that is an update of the same previous picture the arrows have a tendency of staying hidden behind the picture when they were intended to be on top of the picture and visible. You can mitigate this by copying and pasting the arrow again in a different location, using that one instead of the affected arrow line. 

Thes Pictures were created with Apeaksoft Screenrecorder on Windows 10/ Intel 64 bit system. I'm using Libre Office Calc.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Delete previous bad picture 
2. Copy or drag the replacement picture from the folder location of the picture to Libre Office Calc
3. I Hope the double Arrow line doesn't get stuck behind the picture.
4. If it is copying bad double arrow line create a new one.
5. Use the newer unaffected double arrow line instead


Actual Results:
The new picture hides the arrows that previously were on top of it.

Expected Results:
I would think dragging in the new picture would still let the arrows be on top instead of hidden.


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
None
Comment 1 Buovjaga 2023-04-05 12:07:19 UTC
Please attach an example document.
Set to NEEDINFO.
Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided the document.
Comment 2 Jeffry 2023-04-05 22:52:12 UTC
Created attachment 186507 [details]
It is a map of the Wilderness area of a NWN Server I play on.

The issues are with the Wilderness Map.
Comment 3 QA Administrators 2023-04-06 03:24:29 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 lucky 2023-04-11 16:18:33 UTC
Hello [Jeffry],

Thank you for reporting the bug. I can confirm that the bug is present in master.

Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: d9031bd83ffe718a80da9ecbdbeb485e35fbabee
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19044; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2025-04-14 03:11:34 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Jeffry 2025-04-24 22:59:45 UTC
I just use the sample document wit the newest build. New pictures I dragged in from Windows Explorer do wind up in front of the arrows, but there was something I didn't know back then, as I was new to using LibreCalc and spreadsheets in general. I learned that you can use "Back One, Forward One, Send to the back, and Bring to Front to fix the arrows and put them in front of the pictures that were dragged in. So this problem is more an inconvenience. Previously, I was copy and pasting the arrows to fix it.

I did notice that it is not possible to copy from Windows Explorer and paste it into Libre Calc, is that how it always has been? My notes seem to indicate it was back then. You can still drag the files into Libre Calc.
Comment 7 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2025-04-25 07:42:20 UTC
It makes sense that a picture pasted into a spreadsheet ends up on top of other objects, stacking higher and higher on the Z axis. Pretty sure it's the norm in all components. I'd suggest closing this as "not a bug".

To answer Buovjaga's question on IRC, in my latest own build:
- copy-pasting a JPG into Calc results in the path being pasted into a cell
- drag-and-dropping from Gnome's file explorer does not work (but I feel like it would have worked in the past).

Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 894ff7b2df09221195399a750afd6ff464637097
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 6.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded