Created attachment 203059 [details] Writer doc for reproducing the bug Reproduction instructions: 1. Open the attached document. It has a triangle shape on page 1 and a rhombus shape on page 4. 2. Ensure the Drawing toolbar is visible. 3. Make sure the window size and zoom are such, that you see all four pages, in a 2 row, 2-per-row placement 4. Press the Select button on the Drawing toolbar 5. Select the two shapes 6. Aligh the horizontal centers of both shapes. Expected result: Actually, that's an interesting question. Perhaps a "logical rectangle" selection rectangle which extends downwards over all of pages 2 and 3, but narrowly tracks the center of the page. Then, action (6.) has no effect. Actual result: A visual selection rectangle encompasses the shapes on both pages - including corners of pages 2 and 3 as though they weren't consecutive, but physically laid out on a work area as two rows of two pages each, with the four corners touching. Then, action (6.) brings the shape-4 rhombus, to the left edge of page 4, and brings the triangle to the right edger of page 1. Note: There's nothing special about the document, you can easily create it yourself with a few page breaks and some shape insertions. I had each shape aligned to the page center. Observed with: Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0d986755e4153230670c820dc52cc40cd72dfa87 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-IL (en_IL); UI: en-US Calc: CL threaded
Created attachment 203060 [details] LO 26.2 Writer showing the silly selection rectangle for the two shapes
"Silly"? Word shows a frame around each object with the drawback that zooming in makes it unclear if more objects are selected. The nine-dots-frame becomes a three-dot-frame in Writer and it is very clear that more objects are selected.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2) > "Silly"? I don't you need to read too much into the phrasing. I also struggle with proper descriptive wording: Odd, weird, particular, unconventional, surprising, off It looks 'off', although not sure what's the exact culprit Not sure what I would expect A) A blue selection rectangle around the whole selection, instead of dots-frame B) Dotted frame around separate shapes, not a ' grouped' nine-dots-frame I think I opt for B
Created attachment 203106 [details] LO 26.2 Writer showing a different selection rectangle for the two shapes with different page layout Here's what the selection "rectangle" looks like when the pages appear in a 3-per-row layout in the Writer window: A narrow rectangle, skipping over pages 2 and 3 entirely.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2) > "Silly"? I can rephrase that if you like. The point is that the selection does not really correspond to that rectangle at all. See the attachment for what this looks like with a different viewing layout.