Bug 61649 - PRINTING: Printing Selected Frame doesn't print frame contents
Summary: PRINTING: Printing Selected Frame doesn't print frame contents
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
Inherited From OOo
Hardware: All All
: low minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: BSA
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Depends on:
Blocks: Print
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Reported: 2013-03-01 04:36 UTC by Matt Needles
Modified: 2025-05-31 04:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
Sample Document that may be used to demonstrate problem (143.92 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2013-03-01 04:36 UTC, Matt Needles
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Description Matt Needles 2013-03-01 04:36:26 UTC
Created attachment 75724 [details]
Sample Document that may be used to demonstrate problem

LibreOffice 3.5.4.2 
Build ID: 350m1(Build:2)

Problem description: Selecting a (text) frame and printing with Selection option checked gives blank output.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a Labels document, with the page filled with synchronized labels
2. Fill the first (master) frame with text and some graphics (anchored to paragraphs in the frame.
3. Synchronize the labels.
4. Select the first frame and click the Print Direct icon from the toolbar
5. When the dialog appears, choose Selection.
Current behavior:
The output is blank.
Expected behavior:
A reproduction of the selected frame with all its contents
        
Operating System: Ubuntu
Version: 3.5.4 release
Comment 1 A (Andy) 2013-04-09 20:01:14 UTC
not reproducible with LO 4.0.2.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit)

@Matt: Does this issue still persist for you with the latest release of LO?
Comment 2 Joel Madero 2013-10-07 02:58:09 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue! I have been able to confirm the issue on:
Version 4.1.1.2 
Platform: Ubuntu 13.04 x64
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As I've been able to confirm this problem on an earlier release I am changing the version number as version is the earliest version that we can confirm the bug, we use comments to say that the bug exists in newer versions as well.

Marking as:

New (confirmed)
Minor - doesn't prevent high quality work (as far as I can tell)
Low - default, seems appropriate

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Comment 3 QA Administrators 2015-04-01 14:40:00 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2015-04-19 14:05:27 UTC
Confirmed with attachment 75724 [details].

Win 7 Pro 64-bit Version: 5.0.0.0.alpha0+ (x64)
Build ID: 211c12b9c64facd1c12f637a5229bd6a6feb032a
TinderBox: Win-x86_64@42, Branch:master, Time: 2015-04-18_01:51:17
Locale: fi_FI

Ubuntu 14.10 64-bit
LibreOffice 3.3.0 
OOO330m19 (Build:6)
tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
Comment 5 QA Administrators 2016-09-20 09:31:54 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 Thomas Lendo 2018-11-01 21:06:15 UTC
Still reproducible.

Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha1+
Build-ID: e33424dd887cb1a11a3dba2513ef0f4bf93a6dbe
CPU-Threads: 4; BS: Linux 4.15; UI-Render: Standard; VCL: gtk3; 
Gebietsschema: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); Calc: threaded
from today
Comment 7 QA Administrators 2019-11-02 03:45:40 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 8 Timur 2019-12-04 15:27:35 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 Timur 2021-05-27 10:24:10 UTC
Repro LO 7.2+ with attachment 75724 [details].
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2023-05-28 03:17:40 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 QA Administrators 2025-05-28 03:13:08 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 12 Matt Needles 2025-05-31 04:39:30 UTC
The problem persists in the sample document in LibreOffice 24.2.7.2 in Ubuntu 24.10

The sample document frames are anchored as character, which was default in older versions of libreOffice when creating a labels or business card document. In newer versions, the default anchor for the frames is to Page. If a document is created with frames anchored to page, this behavior will not occur. The bug still exists, therefore, in attempting to print a selected object that is anchored as character.
Comment 13 Matt Needles 2025-05-31 04:43:50 UTC
I repeat, the bug is that LibreOffice will not print a selected object that is anchored as character.