If you copy/paste an image from a website into LibreOffice - you'll notice that actually a linked image is created. Eg. right-click in firefox -> 'copy' and ctrl-v in writer. This enables the Edit->Links dialog. That dialog is -pretty- ugly - it should be converted to a .ui file and the code cleaned up cf. http://blogs.linux.ie/caolan/2013/01/24/converting-libreoffice-dialogs-to-ui-format-100-conversions-milestone/ But more than that - we can now link (or embed) Video files inside ODF files - which is really lovely (checkout the [x] link setting in the file selector). However - these don't show up in this dialog - which is a shame, I imagine we could do something useful with them there. cui/source/dialogs/linkdlg.cxx and cui/source/dialogs/svuidlg.hrc:#define MD_UPDATE_BASELINKS 32002 cui/source/dialogs/svuidlg.src:ModalDialog MD_UPDATE_BASELINKS Are the places to poke at this code. Thanks !
Oh ! - I forgot; we can now embed palettes, bitmaps, line-styles and all manner of other pieces now - checkout the [embed] check-box when you: insert a rectangle, right click on it, select 'Area', and then 'Color's and notice the '[x] Embed' check-box there. We should potentially show all of those as well.
adding LibreOffice developer list as CC to unresolved EasyHacks for better visibility. see e.g. http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/minutes-of-ESC-call-td4076214.html for details
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Re-evaluating the EasyHack in 2023 This issue is not relevant anymore. The behavior described in the comment 0 is no longer reproducible, as no link is created. The dialog is already converted to cui/uiconfig/ui/baselinksdialog.ui, and MD_UPDATE_BASELINKS is no longer in use. Part of the task is done here: commit d1f2e4d798b75f819d234912eb8ff9149eeaca42 Author: sk94 <eszkadev@gmail.com> Date: Mon Jun 2 14:58:37 2014 +0200 MD_UPDATE_BASELINKS conversion to .ui Change-Id: I98b47dc20b341375c9caae264c2213aeba6e066a Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/9620 The discussed "link" option in "Edit" menu can be activated in Writer by using "Insert > Image", then choosing an image, and also making sure that "Link" check box is activated. You need to confirm the intent of having a link instead of embedding the graphic. This is done using the "Confirm Linked Graphic" dialog box with "Keep Link" button. After that, "Edit > External Links..." menu option will be activated. Then, the above dialog can be opened by using this menu option. This is discussed in the LibreOffice help, in the link below: Edit External Links https://help.libreoffice.org/7.6/en-US/text/shared/01/02180000.html The same can be done for movies using "Insert > Media > Audio or Video...". Also, the "Area" dialog is changed a lot. Therefore, I change the status to RESOLVED/FIXED now.