Issue 105652 - Draw: Connectors are not selectable after copy&paste
Summary: Draw: Connectors are not selectable after copy&paste
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Draw
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.1.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 10 votes (vote)
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Reported: 2009-10-06 15:39 UTC by pmladek
Modified: 2013-08-07 15:40 UTC (History)
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Description pmladek 2009-10-06 15:39:52 UTC 
I am not unable to select connector after a copy&paste


Steps to preproduce:

1. Create two boxes in draw.
2. Connect them with a connector.
3. Copy/paste this connector.
4. Reconnect both ends of the new connector on other points of the boxes without
   deselecting it. 
5. Deselect the new connector.
6. Try to select it again.

Result: it can't be selected

Workaround: It helps to move one of the boxes a bit. Then it is possible to
select the connector again.
Comment 1 wolframgarten 2009-10-07 13:01:05 UTC 
Reproducible. Reassigned.
Comment 2 robertsimpson 2009-11-03 11:53:11 UTC 
Another workaround is to copy the slide. Connectors in the new slide are
selectable. Connectors in the original remain unselectable.
Comment 3 nick_s 2009-11-14 00:20:08 UTC 
I've experienced similar symptoms of what appears to be the same underlying problem.

Steps to reproduce:

For example, in a blank Draw document:
1) create a connector (anywhere on the page) unattached to any objects.
2) move one of the connector's end-points (such that the connector's bounding
box changes)
3) click on a blank part of the page to deselect the connector.
4) now try to click on the connector to select it.

Result:
The connector can't be selected.

Workaround: 
Drag a selection rectangle which encloses its *previous* bounding-box (i.e.
before its end-point was moved at step 2). The connector seems to think it's
still at the old location on the page.
Comment 4 zio_bill 2010-08-23 02:43:02 UTC 
Is seems the connectors are linked to "somethig".
Workaround:
Sometimes selecting a element and cycling trough them by mean of TAB can lead to 
select the stuck connector.
Comment 5 coredump 2010-10-10 13:58:34 UTC 
I have exactly the same issue with OOo 3.2.1 on Ubuntu 10.04. The connectors 
become selectable again after reopening the file. This bug is very annoying.