Bug 163497 - Allow for making glue-points visible outside of edit mode and without a connector
Summary: Allow for making glue-points visible outside of edit mode and without a conne...
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
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24.8.2.1 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Blocks: Shape-Points
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Reported: 2024-10-17 20:20 UTC by Eyal Rozenberg
Modified: 2024-10-18 08:46 UTC (History)
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Description Eyal Rozenberg 2024-10-17 20:20:13 UTC 
I want to see where my shape has glue-points. I know of two ways to do this:

1. Enter the Glue-Point edit mode
2. Draw a new connector or start moving an end of an existing connector, and bring it close to the shape

I want to be able to see the glue-points without doing any of those two. Why?

1. I don't intend to edit glue-points, so I shouldn't have to interrupt my workflow by going into glue-point edit mode.
2. I shouldn't have to create an object I don't intend to use just for this purpose.


(I was thing that perhaps the holding-down of some key or key combination while a shape is selected could expose its glue-points. Say, a long Ctrl within Shift. BUt this is bikeshedding.)
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2024-10-18 08:46:00 UTC 
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #0)
> I want to be able to see the glue-points without doing any of those two. Why?
I don't get the use case. What object may have a so complex gluepoint structure that you need to know whether the object / a connector can be used at all - because while connecting it does show the glue points.