In context menu of a shape, choose "Position and Size" and go to the "Slant & Corner Radius" tab. Position of control points can be set here, but this is not mentioned on the corresponding help page: https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Slant_and_Corner_Radius This is a new feature in 5.1.
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Olivier Hallot committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/ec4da5345618568209a24eaa3f589947765da896 tdf#98232 Add info on control points for object corners
Olivier Hallot committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/91a282844417fcfebcd4d496d8bac05026faff7a tdf#98232 More on control points
Have been trying, without success to follow latest 7.1 help. Bug or Documentation problem? Problems 1. Corner radius is only active for textbox. Always greyed out for shapes. 2. Slant angle can be entered for textbox, but is not saved and has no effect. (it works for shapes.) 3. Cannot set control points for textboxes or shapes (of any kind). Spinboxes can be change, but after OK and reopen dialog, values are reset to zero, and no control points shown. (One exception, "rounded rectangle" starts with a Control 1 - X is present, but cannot change Control 1 - Y, or Control 2 (x and y))
> 1. Corner radius is only active for textbox. Always greyed out for shapes. I have just tested that in LO 7.2 and indeed corner radius is available only for textboxes (actually SvxShapeText objects). If someone can confirm that this is the way it was supposed to be, I can update the Help page to highlight that "corner radius" is only applicable to text boxes. Currently the help page says "You can only round the corners of a rectangular object." however the option was not available for any rectangular shape besides text boxes. > 2. Slant angle can be entered for textbox, but is not saved and has no > effect. I guess this is something that can be updated in the documentation, saying that Textboxes do not support this option. However, IMO if textboxes really do not support "Slant angle" then the option should be greyed out. > 3. Cannot set control points for textboxes or shapes (of any kind). > Spinboxes can be change, but after OK and reopen dialog, values are reset to > zero, and no control points shown. (One exception, "rounded rectangle" > starts with a Control 1 - X is present, but cannot change Control 1 - Y, or > Control 2 (x and y)) Here I believe there are 2 problems: (1) the documentation should mention that some shapes have 0, 1 or 2 control points. If the shape has 1 control point, the second one will have no effect nor will it be saved. (2) IMO if a shape has one control point, the spinboxes for Control Point 2 should be automatically greyed out to avoid confusion with users. In summary, I believe the dialog needs some rework to automatically detect which options should be available to users based on the selected object.
(In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #5) > > 1. Corner radius is only active for textbox. Always greyed out for shapes. > > I have just tested that in LO 7.2 and indeed corner radius is available only > for textboxes (actually SvxShapeText objects). It is active too for legacy rectangles and for the other objects besides the text box in the "Text" toolbar. > > Currently the help page says "You can only round the corners of a > rectangular object." however the option was not available for any > rectangular shape besides text boxes. See above. > > > 2. Slant angle can be entered for textbox, but is not saved and has no > > effect. > > I guess this is something that can be updated in the documentation, saying > that Textboxes do not support this option. > > However, IMO if textboxes really do not support "Slant angle" then the > option should be greyed out. Indeed, they do not support shearing. [..] > In summary, I believe the dialog needs some rework to automatically detect > which options should be available to users based on the selected object. I support the idea of reorganizing that dialog. My idea would be to move the shear angle to tab "Rotation" and gray it out there if not applicable. That tab could be named "Rotation and Shearing" then. And then have a tab "Object specific", which shows those additional settings, which are only applicable to the selected object, and has no grayed out parts at all. Such tab can have the corner radius for the objects from toolbars "Legacy Rectangle" and "Text", can have the fields for the adjustment values for custom shapes with handles, and can have the coordinates of the defining points for dimension lines, and it is not shown at all, if no such object specific settings exist.
Set to UI, since the issue is now on redesigning the dialog.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #6) > It is active too for legacy rectangles... Rectangles are disabled for me. What is a *legacy* rectangle? > I support the idea of reorganizing that dialog. My idea would be to move the > shear angle to tab "Rotation" and gray it out there if not applicable. That > tab could be named "Rotation and Shearing" then. Moving Slant underneath Rotation is not a big deal but I see no improvement. Drawback is the lengthy tab label, the fact that rotation (a common feature) and sheering (rather advanced) are mixed. Commented on bug 145969 (duplicate?) that rotation and slant are related to each other. Then it makes sense. > And then have a tab "Object specific", which shows those additional > settings... and has no grayed out parts at all. Would be an advantage. But if you show it as available option ("not grayed out") it remains unclear how to apply.
Created attachment 186468 [details] legacy rectangle with corner radius (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #8) > (In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #6) > > It is active too for legacy rectangles... > Rectangles are disabled for me. What is a *legacy* rectangle? Someone introduced the term "legacy" for those rectangle and circle related shapes, which are not custom shapes. The default is, to not show them in the drawing toolbar. My first customizing step is always to put them back again. Besides that, you get them via menu View > Toolbars > 'Legacy Rectangles' and 'Legacy Circles and Ovals'. >> And then have a tab "Object specific", which shows those additional >> settings... and has no grayed out parts at all. >Would be an advantage. But if you show it as available option ("not grayed out") >it remains unclear how to apply. If you have an object, which has the feature 'corner radius', it is clear how to apply it and what it does. You can change the 'corner radius' with the mouse at well. You need the enable 'point edit mode' to get the handles. The feature "corner radius" is available for legacy rectangles and text boxes. > Commented on bug 145969 (duplicate?) My suggestion there is the same as here. But this bug was originally about the missing help for the at that time new section "Control Point". The help text is added, so this bug could be closed.
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #9) > > Commented on bug 145969 (duplicate?) > My suggestion there is the same as here. Let's do the UX part on bug 145969 and the documentation team can either close this ticket or keep it open as depending.
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #10) > Let's do the UX part on bug 145969 and the documentation team can either > close this ticket or keep it open as depending. setting component back to Documentation and noting that comment 5 and comment 6 have a suggestion for additional documentation.
I've patched the Help file with https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/151334 But I'm curious if we need to precise the difference between "legacy" objects and current objects (squares and circles), perhaps in the glossary(?). In that case, what is a good source for describing the difference?
Olivier Hallot committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/254accc37f7b37e29b0353376d7af557fe04ae03 tdf#98232 Add precisions on round cornering and slanting objects
Thank you Olivier! Closed as FIXED