Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 40694
messed up shapes when copying from draw
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:31:00 UTC
see attached testcase. select all objects, copy them and paste in another component. 1. copied to writer. a) most object style settings are lost (font is changed, font size in legend text is changed, horizontal location changes from center to left for some objects). b) one connector wants to circle around the box "director" 2. to calc pretty much the same problems with text (font, placement), though connector is not rerouted; 3. to a new draw document font size in objects even more messed up than in writer/calc - except legend text (which was wrong in both writer and calc). all objects with white background now have blue background. probably some of these issues are because of 'default' styles collisions, so their resolution could be difficult. but some, i think, are not - connector in writer, text size in writer & calc, blue background in draw - things that other components got right.
Created attachment 21529 [details] testcase
Connector problem is handles in separate issue i40794.
The blue background color results, like you have suspected, from the collision of two different styles both called "default". So there is nothing we can do about this. If you alter styles better naming would do it. After pasting to writer the font ins not 10 pt Arial centered anymore but Bitstream Vera Serif 12 pt left aligned in my case. Reproducible.
Reassigned to Christian.
but legend textboxes have style "legend_text" - they also have the same style after copying into a new draw document, so there could not be a collision with 'default' (those white background block arrows have style 'default' though). btw, when an object is copied, it's style can not be edited right on, requiring saving of the document. is this an intended behaviour or should i file another issue ?
But your new styles are linked with default. Please have a look at the "Organizer"-Tabpage in the stylist. If the default style changes filling color the linked ones will do, too. I have already filed issue i40798 for the problem of altering the styles.
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".