Bug 167323 - Cannot edit PDF in LibreOffice Draw 25.2.4
Summary: Cannot edit PDF in LibreOffice Draw 25.2.4
Status: NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.4.3 release
Hardware: All macOS (All)
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Reported: 2025-07-01 11:40 UTC by Betafer
Modified: 2025-07-01 13:44 UTC (History)
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Description Betafer 2025-07-01 11:40:13 UTC
Description:
Since LibreOffice Draw 8.x (the “version 25” branch), importing PDF files no longer allows reliable editing of text and images as in the 7.5.x series. Specifically:

Text elements are moved or disappear

Formatting (font, line spacing) is altered

Vector objects cannot be selected


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open LibreOffice Draw 8.x on macOS 13.7.4

Go to File → Open and select a PDF containing both text and images (e.g. a sample invoice)

Try to select or edit an existing text block

Observe that the text is not editable or is displaced

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Actual Results:
Text cannot be selected or is shifted/duplicated. Images sometimes fail to import.

Expected Results:
The PDF should open in Draw with all text boxes and images fully editable, as in Draw 7.5.x.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 4; OS: macOS 13.7.4; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx
Locale: it-IT (it_IT.UTF-8); UI: it-IT
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2025-07-01 11:58:19 UTC
A note: do not invent things like "8.0" - if we didn't move to "year.month" versioning scheme, we could possibly still name it 7.X.
Comment 2 V Stuart Foote 2025-07-01 13:44:01 UTC
Can not confirm. No issue on filter import of PDF with text and images into a multi-page sdraw document and then being able to select textboxes or images.

Works as expected, with Windows and skia/Vulkan rendering.

Perhaps try with LibreOffice skia/Metal rendering disabled and using skia/Raster rendering?  From the LibreOffice Preferences -> View panel.

=-testing--=

Version: 25.2.4.3 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 33e196637044ead23f5c3226cde09b47731f7e27
CPU threads: 28; OS: Windows 11 X86_64 (10.0 build 26100); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded