Bug 158996 - Floating table
Summary: Floating table
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 113603
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.3.0 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2024-01-03 09:10 UTC by Regis Perdreau
Modified: 2024-01-31 09:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Regis Perdreau 2024-01-03 09:10:35 UTC
Description:
Some users complain about the lack of table anchor.
- Some objects have anchor : picture, frame, chart. 
- The feature requested is an anchor useful to facilitate table placement across document.


Steps to Reproduce:
Currently :

1. press the left mouse button,
2. drag the mouse to select all the cells in the table 
3. release the left mouse button
4. press the left mouse button again with the cursor inside the table
5. drag the table to where you want it.
5. drag table where suitable.

Actual Results:
This process does not seem intuitive for users. They want an anchor such as can be found in "other editors". See attached anchor-example.png.

Expected Results:
Table should provide an anchor for easier drag and drop.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
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Comment 1 LeroyG 2024-01-05 13:15:43 UTC
To skip the normal flow of a table in a document, I think that it will need to be done adding a frame and putting the table inside it.
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2024-01-05 13:51:57 UTC
Regis, is Leroy's comment a feasible solution for you? If not, please elaborate.
Comment 3 Heiko Tietze 2024-01-31 09:18:43 UTC
Missing feedback (and solution is given in comment 1). The duplicate ticket requests a different approach with "unified table management", which could be helpful in this case too.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 113603 ***