Bug 84654 - FILESAVE: Export "selection" should check [x] "selection" if you have more than one object selected
Summary: FILESAVE: Export "selection" should check [x] "selection" if you have more th...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Draw (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.3.0 release
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: BSA
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Blocks: Draw-File-Handling
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Reported: 2014-10-04 08:04 UTC by Ljiljan
Modified: 2016-06-18 09:46 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Export with seclection (12.86 KB, image/png)
2016-06-07 11:09 UTC, Heiko Tietze
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Description Ljiljan 2014-10-04 08:04:14 UTC
Feature request: 

SIMPLE FEATURE REQUEST: Export "selection" should enable "selection" if you have more than one object selected. 

Often I create drawings in Draw and then using it in on my web site. However, sometimes I forgot to click "selection" and complete A4 page is exported as PNG.

LibreOffice should remember that I used "Selection" option in Export dialog or figure out it by itself if one or more objects are selected?

              
Operating System: All
Version: 4.3.2.2 release
Comment 1 tommy27 2014-10-04 12:46:24 UTC
enhancement request. set version to 3.3.0 since LibO never had this feature.
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2016-06-05 08:09:50 UTC
Please double check with a fresh release. Without any selection the respective checkbox is disabled in LibO fresh, having something selected enables and ticks the checkbox. 

Version: 5.1.3.2
Build ID: 5.1.3.2 Arch Linux build-1
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.5; UI Render: default; 
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF8)
Comment 3 Ljiljan 2016-06-07 10:50:16 UTC
This enhancement is sill not avalable in LibreOffice 5.1.3.2.
Comment 4 Heiko Tietze 2016-06-07 11:09:16 UTC
Created attachment 125539 [details]
Export with seclection

(In reply to Ljiljan from comment #3)
> This enhancement is sill not avalable in LibreOffice 5.1.3.2.

Could you please be more specific? The screenshot was made with v5.2 on Windows where "[ ] Selection" is always enabled and unchecked. But as I said, it works as expected under Linux with LibO Fresh.

Version: 5.2.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 6b232aeecc55f1715bc111e636e36a8e24827efb
CPU Threads: 4; OS Version: Windows 6.1; UI Render: default; 
TinderBox: Win-x86@39, Branch:master, Time: 2016-01-26_07:40:04
Locale: de-DE (de_DE)
Comment 5 Ljiljan 2016-06-08 05:28:39 UTC
This is enhancement, not bug. I guess we didn't understand each other. My idea was following: when you select more than one object on any page and decide to go to "Export", option "Selection" should be checked ([x]).
Comment 6 Heiko Tietze 2016-06-08 06:45:22 UTC
(In reply to Ljiljan from comment #5)
> This is enhancement, not bug. I guess we didn't understand each other. My
> idea was following: when you select more than one object on any page and
> decide to go to "Export", option "Selection" should be checked ([x]).

And that's exactly how it works on Linux with LibO Fresh. CC'ing Jay, please double check.
Comment 7 Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-06-08 10:20:33 UTC
@Heiko: I have the selection checkbox enabled an unchecked on both platforms whether something is selected or not.

I would say that it shouldnt automatically check the selection checkbox, whether one or more objects are selected, because it would negatively impact a user who had something selected and wanted to export the entire document.

The better option would be for the dialog to remember that a user has checked/unchecked the checkbox previously and remember that for further usage of the dialog and the selection checkbox should be disabled if nothing is selected before opening the dialog.

There are other bug reports also requesting that these open/save dialogs remember other settings (e.g. bug 98728).