Bug 170426 - Docs refer to non-existent "Points Icon" in Drawing Toolbar
Summary: Docs refer to non-existent "Points Icon" in Drawing Toolbar
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.8.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL: https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/e...
Whiteboard: QA:needsComment
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Reported: 2026-01-21 22:40 UTC by Jim Avera
Modified: 2026-02-05 03:18 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Screenshot showing the Drawing Toolbar (41.39 KB, image/png)
2026-01-21 22:42 UTC, Jim Avera
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Description Jim Avera 2026-01-21 22:40:57 UTC
Description:
https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/round_corner.html
says

"When you insert a rectangle or a callout box using the drawing functions and activate the Points icon on the Drawing toolbar, you see a small frame at the upper left corner of the object. "

First of all, please, please show a picture of any icons the instructions say to press.  It is really tedious to have to hover over every inscrutable icon to discover it's name.

In this case, I hovered over every icon in the Drawing Toolbar and none of them claimed to be "Points" or anything similar.   Is "Points" really in the Drawing Toolbar or somewhere else??

Note that by "Drawing Toolbar" I mean the toolbar which appears when you do View->Toolbars and check "Drawing".   Attached is a screenshot of the Drawing Toolbar as it appears in LO 25.8.4.2 and I can not find an "Points" icon it it.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. View->Edit  check "Drawing"  (Drawing Toolbar appears in left panel)
2. Click the Rectangle icon
3. Draw a rectangle.  While the rectangle is still selected...
4. Look for a "Points" icon in the Drawing Toolbar

Actual Results:
The only icons in the Drawing Toolbar are (from top-to-bottom): 

Select, Line Color, Fill Color, Insert Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, 
Lines & Arrows, Curves & Polygons, Basic Shapes, Block Arrows, Flowchart,
Callout shapes, Stars & Banners, 3D Objects.

Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 6.14; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Jim Avera 2026-01-21 22:42:16 UTC
Created attachment 205121 [details]
Screenshot showing the Drawing Toolbar
Comment 2 Jim Avera 2026-01-21 22:45:56 UTC
I should have mentioned, this is in LO Draw

/path/to/soffice --draw