Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 28422
Add functionality to the navigator in draw
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:38:10 UTC
At present, the navigator in Draw is very simple. It only shows a list of slides and all related objects, but does not give any information on layers and objects belonging groups. More functionality could enhance the working process in draw. 1) The tree view could be extended to include additional levels for layers and grouped objects as follows: -Slide1 -Level1 Object2 -Group1 Object1 Object3 Object4 +Group3 +Level2 +Slide2 -AllSlides -Background ObjectXX ObjectXY Then by drag and drop it would be possible to move or copy objects between slides, layers or groups, or to move objects up an down within a layer, i. e. bring the to from or back. Different views of the tree/list could be helpful in different tasks. E.g. a view such as the present one is convenient to move objects to front or back. Other views (with different sorting of objects) could then include layers and/or groups. 2) All objects should be given a default name to appear automatically in the navigator. 3) A context menu should be added to the navigator for quick selection of slide, layer or object properties, or for deletion. For renaming of objects also a long-click would be convenient.
Reassigned to Bettina.
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I think the navigator is a very nice and outstanding feature of OOo which is completely lacking on MS office. Nevertheless, the usability of the navigator could still be improved a lot and it seems to be far away of its true possibilities. There were almost no changes in the navigator through all of the OOo versions. This enhancement request tried to give some suggestion to move forward. I still think it's worth to keep the issue and take is into consideration for future versions.
Hello, The features described above are really missing in OOO 3.2. The usage of the navigator may merely be improved and will increase the Drawing possibilities far from current version. Thank you for your consideration. PS: instead of object_1 or object_n default name, the navigator may return line_1, polygon_2, ..., metafile_n, etc... with a link between object selected on the page and the item selected in navigator. This name may also appear in a box when mouse passing on it.
Hello, Issues n°16795, 28420, 29669 and 96488 seem to refer the same or closing enhancements to the navigator. I suggest to join all votes on issue n°28422. Thank you very much.
*** Issue 111394 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
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