Bug 169858 - Images anchored as characters are not truly as characters because can't type above them
Summary: Images anchored as characters are not truly as characters because can't type ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 87719
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
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Reported: 2025-12-06 13:59 UTC by Danat
Modified: 2025-12-18 07:36 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Video (7.11 MB, video/mp4)
2025-12-06 13:59 UTC, Danat
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File in the video (2.59 MB, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
2025-12-06 13:59 UTC, Danat
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Video 2 (10.75 MB, video/mp4)
2025-12-16 20:20 UTC, Danat
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Description Danat 2025-12-06 13:59:10 UTC
Description:
Because you can't type above the image after dragging it downwards 

Can somebody explain to me why does it leave out that blank space where you are not allowed to type? It looks stupid. No one needs it for sure

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_KO3ftIMwSoDYGMMIfVpGakzub6DGcM/view?usp=sharing

 

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert an image
2.Drag it down
3.

Actual Results:
Can't write above it

Expected Results:
Ability ty top atop the image


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
In the video
Comment 1 Danat 2025-12-06 13:59:30 UTC
Created attachment 204461 [details]
Video
Comment 2 Danat 2025-12-06 13:59:54 UTC
Created attachment 204462 [details]
File in the video
Comment 3 m_a_riosv 2025-12-06 23:22:06 UTC
At least two options, change temporarily 'To character' so you can see and drag the anchor instead of moving the image, that is what you do, and change again 'As character'.
Or insert blank lines above the image.
Comment 4 rram 2025-12-13 06:18:08 UTC
Hi Danat,

I can confirm I was able to reproduce this behavior in both the live and alpha versions.

Version: 26.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 620(Build:0)
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 5 Buovjaga 2025-12-16 19:57:30 UTC
So you're basically asking to disallow changing the vertical position of images anchored As Character? See the effect of your dragging by right-clicking the image -> Properties: Position and Size -> Position: Vertical.
Comment 6 Danat 2025-12-16 20:20:31 UTC
Created attachment 204679 [details]
Video 2
Comment 7 Danat 2025-12-16 20:21:07 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> So you're basically asking to disallow changing the vertical position of
> images anchored As Character? See the effect of your dragging by
> right-clicking the image -> Properties: Position and Size -> Position:
> Vertical.

Very easy to understand, nothing complicated about that. Please watch

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3PIGLE1_vbtKl7PeGmc1sv2Cre7DVRw/view?usp=sharing
Comment 8 Danat 2025-12-16 20:30:40 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 Danat 2025-12-16 20:31:06 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Buovjaga 2025-12-16 20:37:18 UTC
(In reply to Danat from comment #7)
> (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> > So you're basically asking to disallow changing the vertical position of
> > images anchored As Character? See the effect of your dragging by
> > right-clicking the image -> Properties: Position and Size -> Position:
> > Vertical.
> 
> Very easy to understand, nothing complicated about that. Please watch
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3PIGLE1_vbtKl7PeGmc1sv2Cre7DVRw/
> view?usp=sharing

You didn't answer my question. What is your proposal for a solution?
Comment 11 Danat 2025-12-16 20:41:28 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #10)
> (In reply to Danat from comment #7)
> > (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #5)
> > > So you're basically asking to disallow changing the vertical position of
> > > images anchored As Character? See the effect of your dragging by
> > > right-clicking the image -> Properties: Position and Size -> Position:
> > > Vertical.
> > 
> > Very easy to understand, nothing complicated about that. Please watch
> > 
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3PIGLE1_vbtKl7PeGmc1sv2Cre7DVRw/
> > view?usp=sharing
> 
> You didn't answer my question. What is your proposal for a solution?

Just allow to type above the image. Make that area normal lines and not an empty continuation of the image
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2025-12-17 03:12:37 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 Buovjaga 2025-12-17 14:36:05 UTC
Hmm, doing some more searching I found bug 87719 which might be an answer to your need for dragging an As Char -anchored image around, so it actually changes location. What do you think? I think the root of your frustration is that the dragging only changes the position relative to the baseline and maybe implementing what bug 87719 asks would make you happy.
Comment 14 Danat 2025-12-17 19:28:43 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #13)
> Hmm, doing some more searching I found bug 87719 which might be an answer to
> your need for dragging an As Char -anchored image around, so it actually
> changes location. What do you think? I think the root of your frustration is
> that the dragging only changes the position relative to the baseline and
> maybe implementing what bug 87719 asks would make you happy.

I don't think that the objective should be making me happy, but rather it should be making the app convenient for general masses. I'm not a selfish person, I think about others

Naturally, when people drage images, they'd like to be able to do something above them, so that's it

Thank you
Comment 15 Buovjaga 2025-12-18 07:36:30 UTC
(In reply to Danat from comment #14)
> (In reply to Buovjaga from comment #13)
> > Hmm, doing some more searching I found bug 87719 which might be an answer to
> > your need for dragging an As Char -anchored image around, so it actually
> > changes location. What do you think? I think the root of your frustration is
> > that the dragging only changes the position relative to the baseline and
> > maybe implementing what bug 87719 asks would make you happy.
> 
> I don't think that the objective should be making me happy, but rather it
> should be making the app convenient for general masses. I'm not a selfish
> person, I think about others
> 
> Naturally, when people drage images, they'd like to be able to do something
> above them, so that's it

When I ask you something like that, think of yourself as representing thousands, maybe millions of users. This is indeed not about serving a single individual, but discovering what type of workflow would be best for users.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 87719 ***