Created attachment 192765 [details] Document with free shapes plus shapes in a canvas DOCX drawings inside a drawing canvas are not editable. I just discovered that if the shapes are *free* and not in a canvas, then they can be edited (turns out all my drawings in documents were inside canvases).
After digging a little, it seems this is a known limitation: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134900#c8 I thought shapes in a canvas would be nearly the same as out-of-canvas, only with a clear boundary. But I guess it's more complicated. So maybe this would be a "feature request". Anyway, just in case, steps to reproduce: 1. In MS Word, expand the Shapes drop down and click "Create drawing canvas". 2. Draw some shapes inside the canvas. 3. Save the file and open it in LO Writer. The shapes show but cannot be ungroupped or edited.
(In reply to Alvaro Segura from comment #1) > After digging a little, it seems this is a known limitation: > > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134900#c8 > > I thought shapes in a canvas would be nearly the same as out-of-canvas, only > with a clear boundary. But I guess it's more complicated. So maybe this > would be a "feature request". I agree, that it is a feature request for import of "Drawing Canvas". Regina, you seem to be more familiar with that topic. What do you think?
A drawing canvas is imported as group, which is anchored "as character". Select the canvas object and change the anchor to "to character" or "to paragraph". Now you can enter the group and edit the shapes in it. (In reply to Dieter from comment #2) > I agree, that it is a feature request for import of "Drawing Canvas". > I have worked on import of "Drawing Canvas", so that no longer the VML fallback is used. Thus my comment 134900#c8 is obsolete. But I have not touched anchoring at that time because anchoring is related to the allover layout. That problem exists the same way for a group which is created in LibreOffice directly. It is a bug independent from "Drawing Canvas". I thought there exists a report already, but I do not find it. So "feature request for import of 'Drawing Canvas'" is wrong, but it is a bug with groups anchored "as character".
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #3) > So "feature request for import of 'Drawing Canvas'" is wrong, but it is a > bug with groups anchored "as character". Regina, thank you for your input. So I've changed bug summary and bug status BTW: Really difficult to select it and change anchor