Description: When inserting an image into a Calc sheet, a thin gray rectangular bounding box is always displayed around the image in the Calc editing view — even when the image is not selected. The rectangle is UI-only (it does not appear in print or in exported PDF), but there is currently no user-visible option to disable these bounding rectangles in Calc. Attempts to change the relevant ExpertSetting do not affect the behavior. Steps to Reproduce: Steps to reproduce Open LibreOffice Calc (25.2.6.2) on macOS. Create a new spreadsheet. Insert → Image → From File, choose any image. Observe that a thin gray rectangular outline is drawn around the image in the sheet view, even when the image is not focused/selected. (Optional) Print preview or Export as PDF → the rectangle is not present in print/PDF. Actual Results: Actual result A persistent thin gray bounding rectangle is rendered around inserted images in Calc view. There is no menu option or control in Calc preferences to hide these UI rectangles. Expected Results: Expected result There should be a preference (GUI option and/or effective ExpertSetting) allowing users to hide object/image bounding rectangles in Calc view. Changing the ExpertSetting for object graphics should affect the display, or a dedicated View/Calc preference should be available (for example: View → Show object boundaries toggle, or Calc → View → Show object boundaries). Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Workarounds tried Changed ExpertSettings: org.openoffice.Office.Calc → Content → Display → ObjectGraphic from int 0 to int 1 — no effect. Looked for ObkectBoundaries/DrawView settings in ExpertSettings — not present / ineffective. Using Writer/Draw does not show forced bounding boxes (useful but not acceptable as a Calc replacement). Additional technical details The rectangle is not printed or exported; it is purely visual in the Calc editor. The ExpertSetting shown in Tools → Options → Advanced → Expert Configuration org.openoffice.Office.Calc/Content/Display/ObjectGraphic is present as int 0 but changing to 1 does not remove the rectangle in this build. Reproducible in LibreOffice Calc 25.2.6.2 on macOS (reported by user). Screenshot available (attach). Suggested fix / feature request Provide a user-controllable preference to hide object bounding rectangles in Calc (e.g. View menu toggle and/or Calc → View preference). Ensure the ExpertSetting controlling object graphic boundaries (or a new explicit ExpertSetting) is honored. This should be a UI-level preference because many users rely on a clean worksheet view when composing layouts.
(In reply to Tobias Haertel from comment #0) > The ExpertSetting shown in Tools → Options → Advanced → Expert Configuration > org.openoffice.Office.Calc/Content/Display/ObjectGraphic is present as int 0 > but changing to 1 does not remove the rectangle in this build. The description for that option is: "Indicates whether objects and graphics are shown, hidden or replaced by a placeholder" with values being 0 for Show, 1 for Hide and 2 for Show placeholders. So I doubt you want to touch that option at all in this case. > Reproducible in LibreOffice Calc 25.2.6.2 on macOS (reported by user). > Screenshot available (attach). Can you attach the screenshot? Seems to be macOS only unless it's some system-specific glitch as I don't see such a border on Linux.
Created attachment 203158 [details] Picture with unwanted frame
Thank you! I attached an example. "So I doubt you want to touch > that option at all in this case." I doubt that, too. It was suggested by ChatGPT, but ChatGPT seemed to be quite idealess. (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #1) > (In reply to Tobias Haertel from comment #0) > > The ExpertSetting shown in Tools → Options → Advanced → Expert Configuration > > org.openoffice.Office.Calc/Content/Display/ObjectGraphic is present as int 0 > > but changing to 1 does not remove the rectangle in this build. > > The description for that option is: "Indicates whether objects and graphics > are shown, hidden or replaced by a placeholder" with values being 0 for > Show, 1 for Hide and 2 for Show placeholders. So I doubt you want to touch > that option at all in this case. > > > Reproducible in LibreOffice Calc 25.2.6.2 on macOS (reported by user). > > Screenshot available (attach). > > Can you attach the screenshot? > > Seems to be macOS only unless it's some system-specific glitch as I don't > see such a border on Linux.
Maybe Menu>View>Boundaries?
(In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #4) > Maybe Menu>View>Boundaries? That doesn't work either.
Created attachment 203481 [details] 25.8.2.2 OK on macOS 15.7.1 Version: 25.8.2.2 (AARCH64) Build ID: d401f2107ccab8f924a8e2df40f573aab7605b6f CPU threads: 12; OS: macOS 15.7.1; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Can't reproduce. @Tobias: Are you able to reproduce with 25.8.2.2? Which macOS version are you running?