Created attachment 114399 [details] screenshot Saw this feature in Wordperfect and thought it might be a cool feature to have. When the mouse pointer is not close enough to text for selection, the mouse pointer goes from an 'I' to a standard mouse pointer, and in this mode, if you click and drag, it shows a similar outline to the outline that appears when you are drawing a textbox. Once you let go of the click, a context menu appears asking what you'd like to place in the area that was drawn.
UX-advise, so Status -> NEW
We're replacing our use of the 'ux-advise' component with a keyword: Component -> LibreOffice Add Keyword: needsUXEval [NinjaEdit]
Right now you have to click the object (e.g. shape) and draw the line the proposal inverts this to draw first and select later. While this might be handy for some tools this feature leads to confusion for LibreOffice as it turns the workflow upside-down. I would say it's a WONTFIX since we have no use case where this behavior is needed. And there wasn't too much interest in this idea in the last two years.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #3) > Right now you have to click the object (e.g. shape) and draw the line the > proposal inverts this to draw first and select later. While this might be > handy for some tools this feature leads to confusion for LibreOffice as it > turns the workflow upside-down. Yes the point here is that not everyone prefers the workflow of open dialog, select file, LO inserts it how it likes, and user adjusts it to how they like, and they would prefer to draw the area in their document that the element they want to insert will fill and then open dialog and select file. > I would say it's a WONTFIX since we have no use case where this behavior is > needed. And there wasn't too much interest in this idea in the last two > years. Wordperfect and Calligra both have the behaviour of drawing the space where the object they want to insert will be placed, which is a good enhancement in my view. Nobody replying to this bug report doesnt mean there isnt interest, as many enhancement reports are the same. @Cor, @Stuart: What is your take on this enhancement.
We can always implement numerous ways of input. But that's not good usability. Wordperfect and Calligra are different programs that we do not need to copycat. Users who like the alternative should use it. This particular ticket discusses an alternative way to draw the outline first without any good use case. Why is that better than our way, what is missing, who needs the option... etc. We need to be able to close requests. WONTFIX!
No other opinions, setting the idea to WONTFIX.