Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 64430
Inconsistent behaviour concerning replacing hyperlink-text by hyperlink button (and inverse) for WRITER <-> DRAW
Last modified: 2013-02-07 21:51:28 UTC
If you create a text hyperlink in a cell, and then open the Hyperlink dialog to edit it, you can change the text link without problems. However, if you try to change the link to a button it places a new button link over the existing text link. I would think that the text link would be "overwritten" by the button?
I checked with "2.0.2 German version WIN XP: [680m5(Build9011)]" and can confirm that strange behaviour. You will find the same if you change a hyperlink within a DRAW Text Element from 'Text' to 'Button', but in WRITER the old hyperlink containing text will be replaced completely by the button. I can see some reasons for handling this as it is, for example that there i no reason to anchor a button image in a text within a cell (You might see similar problems in WRITER, the button will not replace the text at it's old place). In CALC and DRAW you also find some unexpected behaviour if you change from button to Text: The button will remain, and a nes Text hyperlink will be created. Conclusion ---------- In WRITER the hyperlink view of an existing hypelink will be changed by changing the "Form" pulldown selection in Hyperlink Dialogue, in DRAW and CALC this change always will change a new hyperlink including "carrier". So this issue might be changed to an ENHANCEMENT issue "Differ 'Replace' and 'Change' for "Form" pulldown selection in Hyperlink Dialogue.
I also have observed strange behaviour with hyperlink buttons in Calc, therefore i think my observations are on the right place here. A Excel sheet was opened with Calc (2.3.0 german on XP SP2 german) and saved as .odt file. When i create a hyperlink button in this file the button works as it should and opens the associated document. But, i can not select this button to edit or delete the hyperlink or the button itself. On the other way when i create a hyperlink button in a clean Calc document (2.0.4 on OpenSuse 10.2 KDE german or 2.3.0 on XP SP2 german) i get a button with green handles around it, but i can not use it as a hyperlink, it is just selected when i click on it.