[writer] Moving a frame with a table in

> Hi,
>
> LibO 3.4.5 (official)
> Xubuntu 10.04
>
>
> I meet a problem when trying to move frames with embedded tables.
>
> Moving a frame using direction keys is straightforward. Combined with
> [Alt] we can move the frame in small increments.
>
> Strangely, when the frame holds a table, the [Alt]+direction key will
> not move the frame any more, but it will redimension the embedded
> table instead.
>
> Note: this only happens if the table is not preceeded by any character
> (eg: no end-of-paragraph mark)
>
> I guess this is a bug. Anyone seeing this, too?

> On 04/12/2012 02:48 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > LibO 3.4.5 (official)
> > Xubuntu 10.04
> >
> >
> > I meet a problem when trying to move frames with embedded tables.
> >
> > Moving a frame using direction keys is straightforward. Combined with
> > [Alt] we can move the frame in small increments.
> >
> > Strangely, when the frame holds a table, the [Alt]+direction key will
> > not move the frame any more, but it will redimension the embedded
> > table instead.
> >
> > Note: this only happens if the table is not preceeded by any character
> > (eg: no end-of-paragraph mark)
> >
> > I guess this is a bug. Anyone seeing this, too?
>
> Mmm, that's weird. I'm using LibO 3.4.4 in Ubuntu 11.10.
> To correct it,
>
>  1. Do not highlight the frame.
>  2. Move your cursor to outside of table, and inside of frame (to below
>     the table perhaps)
>  3. Then [Alt]+direction key works fine.
>
> cK

> On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 15:43 -0400, Calvin Kim wrote:
>> On 04/12/2012 02:48 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> LibO 3.4.5 (official)
>>> Xubuntu 10.04
>>>
>>>
>>> I meet a problem when trying to move frames with embedded tables.
>>>
>>> Moving a frame using direction keys is straightforward. Combined with
>>> [Alt] we can move the frame in small increments.
>>>
>>> Strangely, when the frame holds a table, the [Alt]+direction key will
>>> not move the frame any more, but it will redimension the embedded
>>> table instead.
>>>
>>> Note: this only happens if the table is not preceeded by any character
>>> (eg: no end-of-paragraph mark)
>>>
>>> I guess this is a bug. Anyone seeing this, too?
>> Mmm, that's weird. I'm using LibO 3.4.4 in Ubuntu 11.10.
>> To correct it,
>>
>>   1. Do not highlight the frame.
>>   2. Move your cursor to outside of table, and inside of frame (to below
>>      the table perhaps)
>>   3. Then [Alt]+direction key works fine.
>>
>> cK
>       To what is the frame anchored? If anchored as a character, the only
> way to move the frame seems to be cut and paste. Anchoring to a
> character allows me to use the direction arrows to move the frame.
> Anchoring to a paragraph or page will allow me to do the same.
>      My test frame contained a table, one cell of which contained a
> 3100x2300, 5.8MB picture.
>
> --Dan
>
>
>

> On 04/12/2012 06:47 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 15:43 -0400, Calvin Kim wrote:
> >> On 04/12/2012 02:48 PM, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> LibO 3.4.5 (official)
> >>> Xubuntu 10.04
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I meet a problem when trying to move frames with embedded tables.
> >>>
> >>> Moving a frame using direction keys is straightforward. Combined with
> >>> [Alt] we can move the frame in small increments.
> >>>
> >>> Strangely, when the frame holds a table, the [Alt]+direction key will
> >>> not move the frame any more, but it will redimension the embedded
> >>> table instead.
> >>>
> >>> Note: this only happens if the table is not preceeded by any character
> >>> (eg: no end-of-paragraph mark)
> >>>
> >>> I guess this is a bug. Anyone seeing this, too?
> >> Mmm, that's weird. I'm using LibO 3.4.4 in Ubuntu 11.10.
> >> To correct it,
> >>
> >>   1. Do not highlight the frame.
> >>   2. Move your cursor to outside of table, and inside of frame (to below
> >>      the table perhaps)
> >>   3. Then [Alt]+direction key works fine.
> >>
> >> cK
> >       To what is the frame anchored? If anchored as a character, the only
> > way to move the frame seems to be cut and paste. Anchoring to a
> > character allows me to use the direction arrows to move the frame.
> > Anchoring to a paragraph or page will allow me to do the same.
> >      My test frame contained a table, one cell of which contained a
> > 3100x2300, 5.8MB picture.
> >
> > --Dan
> >
> >
> >
> Frame is anchored to page or to paragraph so that it's free to move
> anywhere.
> Using just arrows works alright. But if you try to fine tune the
> movement with "<Alt>+arrow" it's not working properly.
>
> cK

> Le 12/04/2012 21:43, Calvin Kim a écrit :
>>
>> Mmm, that's weird. I'm using LibO 3.4.4 in Ubuntu 11.10.
>> To correct it,
>>
>> 1. Do not highlight the frame.
>> 2. Move your cursor to outside of table, and inside of frame (to below
>> the table perhaps)
>> 3. Then [Alt]+direction key works fine.
>>
>
> Ha ha! Yeah, right. Thanks.
>
> This works. IMO this is counter-intuitive: moving/acting against a
> frame/whatever is done by selecting the widget, isn't it?
>

> Le 13/04/2012 07:21, Jean-Francois Nifenecker a écrit :
>> Le 12/04/2012 21:43, Calvin Kim a écrit :
>>>
>>> Mmm, that's weird. I'm using LibO 3.4.4 in Ubuntu 11.10.
>>> To correct it,
>>>
>>> 1. Do not highlight the frame.
>>> 2. Move your cursor to outside of table, and inside of frame (to below
>>> the table perhaps)
>>> 3. Then [Alt]+direction key works fine.
>>>
>>
>> Ha ha! Yeah, right. Thanks.
>>
>> This works. IMO this is counter-intuitive: moving/acting against a
>> frame/whatever is done by selecting the widget, isn't it?
>>
>
> Drawback: doesn't work when there's nothing but the table within the
> frame.
>