Its possible to add a locally accessible image to a document, so it would also be useful to add an online image to a document. The implementation would be quite simple. 1) Click button or menu item to insert online image. 2) Dialog appears asking for URL of the image. 3) Image is downloaded to a temp folder and inserted into the document and then removed from temp folder.
Another alternative idea would be not only allow a user to paste a url but also the ability to search through online image sources. Google Docs and MS0 2013.
You can add an online image in the image file dialog already if you paste the url as location. A combination with online image search makes more sense - but this was already an existing idea (to use OpenClipart as an image "provider").
I tested doing so with the default system provided image file dialog and it is not possible to do so. I'm assuming you mean its possible with LO's internal image file dialog. With this functionality already present in LO, it should be presented in a way that users would easily be able to find it, which presently it isnt.
No, I tried with Linux native file dialog. It may be that other OS file dialogs don't support this.
Created attachment 114230 [details] insert online image dialog in MSO
Created attachment 114231 [details] insert image in google docs - search section
Created attachment 118928 [details] inserting online media proposal I'm attaching my proposal for its implementation and the latest updates to the proposal can be found here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1moWh60gMjz21iHCtCoobD1L6iB9v3o2jIJT3L4lqr-E/edit?usp=sharing
We're replacing our use of the 'ux-advise' component with a keyword: Component -> LibreOffice Add Keyword: needsUXEval [NinjaEdit]
Proposed solution was published on the design blog. https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/08/12/insert-and-playback-of-online-media/
This could be done by an extension. We are already have the AddPincs extension. https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/addpics So we can add this functionality in this extension, then add URL of the image to do so.
LO Insert-Image can open image from URL if it's with image extension. It cannot if not, like https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=114230. In addition to that, there's argument from Comment 3, easily be able to find it.