Proportional scaling is more frequent operation than unproprotional one. So, when you drag a corner handle of the image, you should scale it proportionally.
Steps to reproduce. 1. Open Writer. 2. Paste an image. 3. Drag corner handle. Expected: scale proportionally. Actual: scale unproportionally.
I agree.
Yes please!
Tomaž Vajngerl committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=84acb10f5484489612ccc84215edfcfdef87ea13 fdo#71669 Poportionally scale images by default in Writer The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
This behavior change needs to be documented in release notes...
Thank you Tomaž for fixing this. The new default is much better :)
Was an old hope !!! great !!!
Can't wait to see this in the stable release. Would a backport to 4.x make sense?
sorry, 4.2.x I mean :S
I think we should not introduce a sudden change in behavior in the stable release. The change in the code itself is rather small tough..
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Really, that's a great idea!
But now it is impossible to scale unproportionnaly. Well, not with shift key (4.3.1.2)
(In reply to comment #13) > But now it is impossible to scale unproportionnaly. > Well, not with shift key (4.3.1.2) As described in https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.3.
Why is this bug REOPENED?
(In reply to comment #15) > Why is this bug REOPENED? I am sorry, but in my 4.3.1.2 (rc ?), unproportionnaly was impossible with keyboard. This is fixed in 4.3.1.2 official.
But now, if I copy an image directly in writer, all works fine. If I copy in Draw and from draw in writer, the key to scale in writer are not as expected but as before the fixing. I expected that all key have the same effects to scale in any way the image is copied.
Shouldn't dragging respect the checkbox Picture->Type->Keep Ratio? When "Keep Ratio" is checked, the default drag should maintain the object's proportions, and holding shift should reverse that behavior.
Hmm.. yes good point, but currently it is more of a dialog specific option - the setting is remembered when dialog is closed but it is not a per shape setting. If this would be a per shape setting then I would agree (we could default to enabled for pictures and disabled for other) but now this can only be a global UI setting, for which the position/size dialog is the wrong location for this setting and it also doesn't solve this problem (proportional scale just for images).
*** Bug 47579 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This IS fixed in Writer (LO 4.3.3.2 under Ubuntu Linux). Bis this is NOT fixed in Impress. Should we reopen this bug or shall I report a new bug?
It is fixed in LO 4.4
Yes, it's really fixed eventually in LO 4.4.0. Thanks!
Hi, Maybe this bug should be reopened. Draw objects are not scaled proportionnaly by default. For example if you have a Draw object in Impress, you should press Shift key if you want to resize it without losing its proportions. This behaviour should be the same for all objects that can be resized.
(In reply to Pierre C from comment #24) > Hi, > > Maybe this bug should be reopened. Draw objects are not scaled > proportionnaly by default. > > For example if you have a Draw object in Impress, you should press Shift key > if you want to resize it without losing its proportions. > > This behaviour should be the same for all objects that can be resized. This was intentional. Why do you think shapes should be resized proportioanlly by default?
(In reply to Samuel Mehrbrodt from comment #25) > > This was intentional. Why do you think shapes should be resized > proportionality by default? First, I think that all resizing actions should have the same behaviour, not sometimes keeping ratio by pressing shift key and other times keeping ration by without pressing shift key. Second, Keeping ratio should be the default behaviour, by the simplest action, i.e. without pressing shift key
(In reply to Pierre C from comment #26) > First, I think that all resizing actions should have the same behaviour, not > sometimes keeping ratio by pressing shift key and other times keeping ration > by without pressing shift key. > Second, Keeping ratio should be the default behaviour, by the simplest > action, i.e. without pressing shift key This is something that should be discussed in our Design Meetings. Will bring this in our next meeting. You are welcome to join: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Meetings
I've made quite a few flow charts in Draw. When using Draw, I almost never want drawings scaled proportionally. The current default is correct. When you're dealing with shapes, in general you don't care about proportions. However, when you're dealing with images, you rarely want to distort them. There is a solution that would makes everyone happy: The current "keep aspect ratio" should behave the same as every other Office Suite/Drawing software. It should control how dragging affects the aspect ratio. See Bug 84385 If this were fixed, the we could use shapes and images styles to make both sides happy. Images styles could default to keep aspect, while shapes to not keep aspect. And if people didn't like it, they could change the default styles.
(In reply to Luke from comment #28) > I've made quite a few flow charts in Draw. When using Draw, I almost never > want drawings scaled proportionally. The current default is correct. When > you're dealing with shapes, in general you don't care about proportions. I agree with that > However, when you're dealing with images, you rarely want to distort them. > There is a solution that would makes everyone happy: > Yes. My Porblem was with a group of draw objects. Probably most people want this group keeping its proportions > The current "keep aspect ratio" should behave the same as every other Office > Suite/Drawing software. It should control how dragging affects the aspect > ratio. See Bug 84385 OK > > If this were fixed, the we could use shapes and images styles to make both > sides happy. Images styles could default to keep aspect, while shapes to not > keep aspect. And if people didn't like it, they could change the default > styles.
The design team discussed this in last week's meeting and decided that its fine for shapes not to be scaled proportionality by default.