Issue 107641 - embedding/linking a picture - default is inconsistent
Summary: embedding/linking a picture - default is inconsistent
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 37652
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.1
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P4 Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
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Assignee: thorsten.martens
QA Contact: issues@framework
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Reported: 2009-12-13 02:39 UTC by hoodbild
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:01 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description hoodbild 2009-12-13 02:39:55 UTC 
If I drag-and-drop an image file into an openoffice document it is inserted as a
"linked" picture.
If I use Insert-Picture-From File, the default is to embed the picture (i.e. by
default the "linked" box is unchecked).
This behaviour is inconsistent.
Comment 1 marwerno 2011-01-24 00:38:07 UTC 
In the new version (3.3, PC version) this is now sort of resolved which leads to 
another defect:
When dragging and dropping the pictures will always be embedded (on PC version)!
Even if I press a modifier key (i.e CTRL) (Plus sign appears) they will always be 
embedded.
This is highly annoying when trying to link to a lot of pictures as now I have to 
go trough the dialogue boxes to add each single image...
(So it solves sort of the inconsistency issues...)
Comment 2 hoodbild 2011-01-24 12:03:16 UTC 
> In the new version (3.3, PC version) this is now sort of resolved

Oh, you're right.  I'm running 3.2 now, but either it is fixed or I was mistaken
about it.  There is no permanent "default" when using Insert-Picture-From File.
 It defaults to whichever option was last used.

> Even if I press a modifier key (i.e CTRL) (Plus sign appears) they will always
be embedded.

On my (linux) system Ctrl-Shift-drag (not Ctrl-drag) links the picture in Writer
or Calc - have you tried it?

But it looks like there is a bug that is kind of the opposite of what you
described: in Draw and Impress the picture is always linked, even though the
link symbol is only shown when I use Ctrl-Shift-drag, (a + symbol is shown
otherwise).  

There is also a very minor issue: Shift-drag behaves the same as dragging with
Ctrl or no modifier, except the + icon is not shown.

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Interesting: I notice the filesize is slightly smaller if a picture is
dragged-and-dropped rather than inserted via the dialogue.  This is because a
blank white thumbnail is stored, instead of a thumbnail of the actual picture.
Comment 3 hoodbild 2011-01-24 12:08:40 UTC 
I think this should be resolved as "Worksforme".
But am I supposed to do that if I haven't read the code and found "no clues as
to why this behavior would occur"?
Comment 4 Rob Weir 2013-01-08 21:20:14 UTC 
Dupe

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 37652 ***