Bug 163498 - Gluepoints are not usable without mouse
Summary: Gluepoints are not usable without mouse
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All All
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Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: accessibility
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Blocks: a11y, Accessibility
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Reported: 2024-10-17 20:26 UTC by Regina Henschel
Modified: 2024-10-22 07:53 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Regina Henschel 2024-10-17 20:26:36 UTC
There is no way to create, select or move a gluepoint without using the mouse.

If bug 163495 is solved in the way, that the resize-handles are hidden and disabled in glue point edit mode, then the keyboard commands that are used for selecting and moving resize-handles could be used for gluepoints.

A way to create a glue point without mouse is needed in any case.
Comment 1 Eyal Rozenberg 2024-10-18 13:58:29 UTC
Can we do everything else by mouse? e.g. resize, rotate etc.?
Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2024-10-18 15:34:28 UTC
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #1)
> Can we do everything else by mouse? e.g. resize, rotate etc.?

LibreOffice promises to be operable without a mouse.
https://help.libreoffice.org/24.8/en-US/text/shared/guide/keyboard.html?&DbPAR=SHARED&System=WIN

If the object is selected or in rotation mode, you can use Ctrl+Tab to traverse the handles. The active handle becomes larger/smaller (looks like blinking). That handle can then be moved with the arrow keys.

If a gluepoints is already active, it is included in this traversing. But if the gluepoint is not active, it is skipped by traversing. So while creating a gluepoint you can move it without mouse. But later you cannot select the gluepoint without mouse; at least I don't know how to do it.
Comment 3 Michael Weghorn 2024-10-22 07:53:09 UTC
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #0)
> There is no way to create, select or move a gluepoint without using the
> mouse.

Confirmed, at least I'm not aware of a way to do it either.

Gluepoint help:

https://help.libreoffice.org/24.8/en-US/text/simpress/guide/gluepoints.html?&DbPAR=SHARED&System=UNIX


Sample steps to reproduce

1) create a new Impress document
2) Insert a shape
3) "Edit" -> "Gluepoints"
4) Activate the "Insert Gluepoint" button in the gluepoint toolbar (repeatedly use F6 to get to the toolbar)

The way to actually insert a gluepoint then is by moving the mouse pointer to the point where the gluepoint should be inserted and left-clicking, but there should be a way to achieve the same without having to use the mouse.