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.
The behavior the the selection rectangle makes sense to me, it behaves as I expected it: It is a rectangle enclosing all objects selected, and its shape is based on the current view as I see it (so it changes with different page layouts). As Heiko pointed out, not seeing the whole rectangle at any point implies that there are more shapes selected that are currently not fully in view. As for what should happen in the realignment: It seems that the command does what I expect it to do when I have the pages vertically layed out and then do a center horizontally: Both object are aligned with each other. Same for middle-vertically when pages are layed out horizontally, based on the current view mode and selection; the model seems to be that the whole document as one space and the new positions are calculated based on this. This makes sense, since the align-action is inherently visual. If I have the pages layout out vertically and ask to middle-vertically align objects on different pages, this model is not entirely upheld, though: The algorithm seems to try do a "try to act upon the command as good as possible but stop at the page boundaries", which seems to be a saveguard for objects jumping to other pages. I.e. The current behavior of the selection makes sense to me, the aligment behavior mostly makes sense to me, and the problems seem to be created by compromizes that make different concepts of how objects should behave (mostly) work well in parallel.
(In reply to jan d from comment #6) > The behavior the the selection rectangle makes sense to me, it behaves as I > expected it: It is a rectangle enclosing all objects selected But it is not a rectangle. It only looks like one on the screen, if you don't pay attention. It's not even contiguous. And, most importantly - it is essentially never a selection that is useful to the user. >, and its shape > is based on the current view as I see it (so it changes with different page > layouts). It also changes if you change the window size. > As Heiko pointed out, not seeing the whole rectangle at any point > implies that there are more shapes selected that are currently not fully in > view. If I am in a larger zoom level, and I select one (of many) shape and drag diagonally, I will soon be in a state in which there are more shapes selected than are currently fully in view. That can happen irrespective of this multi-page selection behavior; you can get it even on a single-page document.