Bug 84381 - SIDEBAR: Properties deck (Area/Line content panels) should respond more accurately to selected objects
Summary: SIDEBAR: Properties deck (Area/Line content panels) should respond more accur...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.2.6.3 release
Hardware: Other All
: medium minor
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard: target:5.1.0 target:5.2.0
Keywords: needsDevEval, topicUI
Depends on:
Blocks: Sidebar-Properties
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Reported: 2014-09-27 00:19 UTC by Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired)
Modified: 2025-11-18 21:40 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2014-09-27 00:19:20 UTC
Presently in impress (but this also happens in other apps), if you click on a line object, the sidebar shows the 'area' section, which it shouldnt. Similarly when you click on a non-line object, the sidebar should has the arrow subsection of the line section disabled, as it doesnt do anything to the object.
Comment 1 Owen Genat (retired) 2014-09-30 13:37:47 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Presently in impress (but this also happens in other apps), if you click on
> a line object, the sidebar shows the 'area' section, which it shouldnt.

I get both the Area and Line sub-panels expanded in v4.2.6.3, v4.3.2.2, and v4.4.0.0 2014-09-25 under GNU/Linux. Given most drawn objects use both, perhaps the gradient at the top of each sub-panel could slightly darken or change hue to indicate active selection? Alternatively a highlighting border? I generally agree though.

> Similarly when you click on a non-line object, the sidebar should has the
> arrow subsection of the line section disabled, as it doesnt do anything to
> the object.

I agree. Confirmed. Status set to NEW. Summary amended for clarity.
Comment 2 Owen Genat (retired) 2014-10-01 12:02:58 UTC
Summary amended to be in keeping with terminology:

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/File:SidebarNames.png
Comment 3 Commit Notification 2015-06-29 13:02:42 UTC
Rishabh Kumar committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=7bb74f1a73b953ef2263f25b0df202e8a588307e

tdf#84381: Improved sidebar selection analyser for Calc and Draw/Impress

It will be available in 5.1.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds
Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 4 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-14 06:14:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 Commit Notification 2016-01-25 07:16:57 UTC
Rishabh committed a patch related to this issue.
It has been pushed to "master":

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=eede66cd922b0f867b7521a9d96e2c6f42a973dc

tdf#84381: Disable the line arrowheads when non-line object is selected

It will be available in 5.2.0.

The patch should be included in the daily builds available at
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More
information about daily builds can be found at:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds

Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Comment 6 Xisco Faulí 2016-09-15 22:35:30 UTC
Hello,
Is this bug fixed?
If so, could you please close it as RESOLVED FIXED?
Comment 7 Xisco Faulí 2017-09-11 08:38:08 UTC
Dear developer,
This bug has been in ASSIGNED status for more than 3 months without any
activity. Resetting it to NEW.
Please assigned it back to yourself if you're still working on this.

@Jay, could you please check whether this issue is fixed already ?
Comment 8 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2017-09-11 16:19:01 UTC
(In reply to Xisco Faulí from comment #7)
> @Jay, could you please check whether this issue is fixed already ?

The only thing remaining seems to be that the area content panel still appears in writer when selecting a line.
Comment 9 QA Administrators 2018-09-12 02:38:32 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2020-09-12 03:56:03 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 Buovjaga 2020-11-18 18:50:06 UTC
(In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) from comment #8)
> The only thing remaining seems to be that the area content panel still
> appears in writer when selecting a line.

Still repro

Arch Linux 64-bit
Version: 7.1.0.0.alpha1+
Build ID: bd3aeaefff5e7bdef10c4702d1f388083557614e
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.9; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Built on 15 November 2020
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2023-08-11 03:05:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2025-08-11 03:10:51 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 14 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2025-11-18 21:40:30 UTC
Area sections still appears in properties sidebar in writer when a line is selected.

Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64)
Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.11; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb)
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded