Bug 48294 - EDITING: Edit >Links is always gray/deactivated for audio/video files; thus it is impossible to break links to media file that way
Summary: EDITING: Edit >Links is always gray/deactivated for audio/video files; thus ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.5.1 release
Hardware: All All
: high normal
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: 55676 61686 95302 131198 153647 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: Files-Linked
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Reported: 2012-04-04 06:07 UTC by sasha.libreoffice
Modified: 2024-11-22 19:00 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

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Description sasha.libreoffice 2012-04-04 06:07:40 UTC
Steps to reproduce:
0. Start Impress
1. Insert->Movie and sound, select any video or sound file, leave "Link" checked
2. See on Edit->Links
Expected: it works and I can break link to media file so file becomes embedded
Actually: it greyed out

reproduced in 3.5.1 on Fedora 64 bit and Windows XP 32 bit

PS: functionality of embedding media added in 3.5 version. Before this was not possible. My thanks to developers for this useful thing.
So, it is just unfinished feature.

Described in step 2 functionality is important, because during creating and editing presentation is not sense to embed media files: it will greatly slow down saving and loading of presentation. But after editing is finished, it is very handy to embed all into one file. Then presentation can be copied and distributed as one file and nothing will be lost.
Comment 1 bfoman (inactive) 2012-08-31 09:03:16 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Actually: it greyed out

Confirmed with:
LO 3.5.6.2 
Build ID: own W7 debug build
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit
Comment 2 bfoman (inactive) 2012-10-11 11:28:36 UTC
Confirmed with:
LO 3.7.0.0.alpha0+ 
Build ID: e12f501
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit
Comment 3 bfoman (inactive) 2013-04-30 13:18:00 UTC
*** Bug 55676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 bfoman (inactive) 2013-06-24 11:34:23 UTC
*** Bug 61686 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2015-03-16 22:47:05 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2015-03-21 16:40:12 UTC
No change in LibreOffice 4.4.3.0.0+ and in the master.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 7 tommy27 2016-04-16 07:22:28 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2016-04-30 16:32:57 UTC
Nothing changed in LO 5.1.4.0.0+ and master, both build at home under Ubuntu 16.04 x86-64.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2017-09-01 11:14:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2017-09-02 07:34:52 UTC
Still there in LO 5.4.1.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2018-09-03 02:43:38 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2018-09-15 19:47:25 UTC
Still there in LO 6.1.2.0.0+ built at home under Ubuntu 18.04 x86-64.

Best regards. JBF
Comment 13 Cor Nouws 2018-12-12 19:30:09 UTC
*** Bug 95302 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 14 QA Administrators 2020-12-12 03:48:23 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 15 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2020-12-12 17:24:11 UTC
Nothing changed in Version: 7.0.5.0.0+
Build ID: a60f4a6222fdbcb4a1adebe670eaf1636a014da6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); Langue IHM : fr-FR
Ubuntu_18.04_x86-64
Calc: threaded

and in Version: 7.1.0.0.beta1+
Build ID: 4676c1f079e173664b3c609dce5fa36aa22b1e40
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu_18.04_x86-64
Calc: threaded

Best regards. JBF
Comment 16 QA Administrators 2022-12-13 03:19:22 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 17 Jean-Baptiste Faure 2022-12-19 16:00:08 UTC
Still reproducible with 

Version: 7.4.5.0.0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 18264aa0a97e7854c98527c0a0fcc8383e9aaf0e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu_20.04_x86-64
Calc: threaded

and
Version: 7.6.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 96a856f87f16cca2e039c973c18d57c8b9dca362
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR.UTF-8); UI: fr-FR
Ubuntu_20.04_x86-64
Calc: threaded

Best regards. JBF
Comment 18 Buovjaga 2024-11-01 14:28:56 UTC
*** Bug 131198 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 19 Buovjaga 2024-11-01 14:29:58 UTC
*** Bug 153647 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 20 Buovjaga 2024-11-01 14:31:44 UTC
UX team: I think the details of implementing this could be discussed and decided. Bug 131198 has a mockup, attachment 158494 [details].
Comment 21 Heiko Tietze 2024-11-04 14:16:34 UTC
We have many requests around hyperlinks. For Writer it is requested to use the respective character styles (Bug 108170 - Hyperlinks don't highlight 'Internet Link' entry in character styles list), in Calc you cannot change links at all (Bug 156849 - can't overwrite auto-applied formatting of Calc hyperlinks (underline, font colour...), and the same is true for Draw/Impress (Bug 108180 - Hyperlinks in Impress/Draw dont have underlines).

Tools > Options > Application Color allows to overwrite the system settings, typically blue, with any other color. Links in Impress follow this setting, despite it does not known whether it has been clicked.

Insert > Audio or Video... adds an icon or a preview from the video. Not sure what exactly the STR are.
Comment 22 Buovjaga 2024-11-04 14:27:16 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #21)
> We have many requests around hyperlinks. For Writer it is requested to use
> the respective character styles (Bug 108170 - Hyperlinks don't highlight
> 'Internet Link' entry in character styles list), in Calc you cannot change
> links at all (Bug 156849 - can't overwrite auto-applied formatting of Calc
> hyperlinks (underline, font colour...), and the same is true for
> Draw/Impress (Bug 108180 - Hyperlinks in Impress/Draw dont have underlines).
> 
> Tools > Options > Application Color allows to overwrite the system settings,
> typically blue, with any other color. Links in Impress follow this setting,
> despite it does not known whether it has been clicked.

This is not about hyperlinks.

> Insert > Audio or Video... adds an icon or a preview from the video. Not
> sure what exactly the STR are.

Insert - Audio or Video: tick the checkbox for Link. Select a video file.
Now see Edit - External Links. It's disabled.
Comment 23 Heiko Tietze 2024-11-04 14:31:38 UTC
(In reply to Buovjaga from comment #22)
> Insert - Audio or Video: tick the checkbox for Link. Select a video file.
> Now see Edit - External Links. It's disabled.
In contrast to linked images; audio behave like movies.
Comment 24 Eyal Rozenberg 2024-11-14 00:10:33 UTC
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #21)
Didn't understand your comment.

Anyway, what I don't understand is whether the problem is that A/V links don't "count" as links, which is a deeper bug, or whether it's just the menu item being incorrectly disabled.
Comment 25 Heiko Tietze 2024-11-15 13:14:18 UTC
We discussed the topic in the design meeting. This issue seems to be a bug and should be solved. Whether the external links dialog deserves improvements is another question and should be handled in an extra ticket.

The number of duplicates and people on CC justify a higher importance.