Bug 59813 - EDITING: Insert picture does not retain directory
Summary: EDITING: Insert picture does not retain directory
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.6.2.2 release
Hardware: All Windows (All)
: high minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: BSA
Keywords:
: 62177 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-01-24 17:37 UTC by Paul Webb
Modified: 2015-03-21 11:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Paul Webb 2013-01-24 17:37:02 UTC
Problem description: Insert picture does not retain directory

Steps to reproduce:
1. Insert
2. Picture
3. ....

Current behavior:
Always returns to home directory
Expected behavior:
Should retain previous directory.
              
I create a lot of graphical documents and need to insert a large number of pictures. Having to put in the path every time is a big pain. 
Operating System: Linux (Other)
Version: 3.6.2.2 release
Comment 1 Brenda Granados 2013-02-26 16:41:55 UTC
Hi. I'm trying to understand the issue you are having. What do you mean by doesn't "Should retain previous directory"? Do you mean the images are being moved from their original locations to some other location after being inserted into a document? After I insert an image from some location on my computer, and save and close the document, the image is still there when I reopen. What is happening with your documents? Where do you have to insert a path?

If you can provide any extra information, it would help. I will change this to NEEDINFO, and you can set it back to UNCONFIRMED if you're able to provide some more details.  Thank you.
Comment 2 Paul Webb 2013-02-26 18:16:09 UTC
Hello Brenda

Thanks for replying. I was using 3.6 and am now using 4.0 on Linux Mint 
14 with Cinnamon 1.6.

The problem seems to be that when you are _not_ using the LibreOffice 
file dialogue boxes it reverts to $HOME directory after each picture 
insertion (as well as when you try to open a file actually). When using 
the LibreOffice dialogue boxes it retains the path so you can insert 
several pictures from the same directory. I have switched to using 
LibreOffice dialogue boxes and it is fine. I suspect the problem is 
something to do with gnome/nemo/nautilus rather than LibreOffice.

Best wishes

Paul Webb / Spinnekop

Using Mozilla Thunderbird on Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon.
On 26/02/13 16:41, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote:
> Brenda Granados <mailto:bgran05@gmail.com> changed bug 59813 
> <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59813>
> What 	Removed 	Added
> Status 	UNCONFIRMED 	NEEDINFO
> CC 		bgran05@gmail.com
> Ever confirmed 		1
>
> *Comment # 1 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59813#c1> 
> on bug 59813 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59813> from 
> Brenda Granados <mailto:bgran05@gmail.com> *
> Hi. I'm trying to understand the issue you are having. What do you mean by
> doesn't "Should retain previous directory"? Do you mean the images are being
> moved from their original locations to some other location after being inserted
> into a document? After I insert an image from some location on my computer, and
> save and close the document, the image is still there when I reopen. What is
> happening with your documents? Where do you have to insert a path?
>
> If you can provide any extra information, it would help. I will change this to
> NEEDINFO, and you can set it back to UNCONFIRMED if you're able to provide some
> more details.  Thank you.
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Comment 3 Jorendc 2013-03-18 07:42:17 UTC
*** Bug 62177 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Jorendc 2013-03-18 07:45:41 UTC
I can not reproduce this behavior using Mac OSX 10.8.2 LibreOffice 4.0.2.1 when using the non-LibreOffice dialogs.

But because I found already 2 duplicates, I mark this as NEW.
Comment 5 boicottms 2013-03-18 09:23:24 UTC
Note: I'm the one that wrote bug 62177, that has been marked as duplicated of this.
Today the memorized start brosing directory changed.
When I first submitted the bug, I was working in the A directory and the image browser always started from "documents" folder.
Now I'm working in directory B, and the image browser start from directory A.
Comment 6 Thierry Seewald 2013-06-13 07:52:02 UTC
A friend and I have the same problem on LO 4.0.3 with Win 7.
It works well with ubuntu, but with win7 we're always going to the same directory again. It's not memorizing the last directory used.
I tried LO 4.1 beta 2 too see, but their is the same pb.
How do you change the file dialog box?
Comment 7 Thierry Seewald 2013-06-13 07:59:33 UTC
I found how to change the dialog box, but pretty ugly box on Win7 and before it worked with the standart win box.
Comment 8 Jorendc 2013-06-13 09:58:35 UTC
bug version is oldest version of LibreOffice which the bug is reproducible -> revert change
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Comment 10 boicottms 2015-03-21 11:13:52 UTC
win7/32 LOO Versione: 4.4.1.2
Build ID: 45e2de17089c24a1fa810c8f975a7171ba4cd432
Versione locale: it_IT