Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 8649
anchors: view does not auto-scroll while dragging anchor-point icon
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:32:36 UTC
this is a continuation of issue 8609 (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8609) and issue 8648 ((http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8648). use the attachment posted in issue 8609 and run through BUG ONE. then run through BUG TWO in issue 8648 and then continue here: ===== BUG THREE: view does not auto-scroll while dragging anchor-point icon step 3: now, suppose you want to get the anchor point back down to paragraph 6 again, from para. 5, where it is now. how to do this? select frame again so anchorpoint icon appears. now, scroll back up so you can see the anchor point icon which is showing at beginning of para. 5. THIS IS IMPORTANT: be sure you scroll up far enough so that OOo's window no longer shows the graphic frame itself. that is, you cannot see page 2. this represents the case where the user's monitor -- at current zoom value -- is too small to fit in both the anchorpoint, the blank space, the new page and the graphic all at same time. step 4: now try to drag the anchor point icon down to paragraph 6 on page 2. it is impossible, because in order to drag it down to paragraph 6, you have to get to page 2, but page 2 is beyond the visible window. it's not unreasonable for the user to expect OOo to "auto-scroll" the view down to page 2, in order to move the anchorpoint icon down there. however, this does not happen, and the view does not move.
fortunately, i found two workarounds for BUGS THREE and FOUR: 1) reduce zoom to a point where you *can* see the anchorpoint and frame both. step 5: reduce zoom to "Entire Page". (View | Zoom | Entire Page). now you can move anchor points around, but again, only within the limits of the view OR 2) drag the graphic frame itself instead of the anchorpoint. anchorpoint will follow, one paragraph at a time, EVEN beyond limits of current view (page will auto-scroll, as expected). IMHO, however, even with these 2 workarounds, this still represents a bug (or at least highly undesirable behavior for the user): dragging an anchorpoint should have the same amount of flexibility as dragging the frame itself: if auto-scroll works for the frame, it should work for the anchorpoint icon, as well.
next bug in series (BUG FOUR) is at issue 8650 (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8650)
Duplicated on Win NT 4.0 SP6a, OOo 643. Jeff, I'll forward this as an enhancement request. We define a defect as an issue where OOo does not operate within our specifications. You've made a valid user request and I'll let the developers decide how to handle your request.
FME: I think this is for me.
*** Issue 8650 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
FME->BH: Enhancement request.
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