Bug 75252

Summary:	UI: Allow to select a new default for Edit->Paste in Edit->Paste Special
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Fabian Greffrath <fabian+debian>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium	CC:	cno
Version:	Inherited From OOo
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Fabian Greffrath 2014-02-20 11:15:49 UTC

Dear LO devs,

I am currently preparing a Writer document in which I include a lot of graphics from the Internet, e.g. from Wikipedia. For this I right-click on the graphic in my Browser (Firefox/Iceweasel), select Copy and then right-click on the target location in my Writer document and select Paste. By default, however, and against my expectations, not the actual graphic gets inserted into the document, but merely a hyperlink which references the graphic URL and loads it over network on demand. Since the performance when rendering my document suffers from this and I furthermore want to make sure the document is ligible even without an internet conenction, I make a detour and select Edit->Paste Special->Bitmap instead. Now, imagine having to do this for 100 graphics...

What I am missing is a check boy in the Paste Special window that allows to set my next selection, i.e. Bitmap in my case, as the new default format for the general Paste action *for this data type*. So my suggested work flow would be:

- Copy graphic in browser
- Edit->Paste Special in Writer
- Set target to Bitmap
- *Check "Select as the new default" box*
- Click OK
- Copy graphic in browser
- Edit->Paste
- Repeat...

Thank for your consideration!

 - Fabian

Comment 1 Cor Nouws 2014-02-20 11:34:49 UTC

Hi Fabian,

thanks for the issue and your idea. I think it would be a useful addition.
 > Set to Enhancement and version to inherited from OOo (behaviour as is, is here for a long long time).


For time being, you might consider the following:
  - Ctrl+Shft+V  (opens dialog)
  - B            (sets focus on Bitmap)
  - Enter        (triggers OK)

;)
Regards,
Cor

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