Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 21576
Display relative location of the linked graphics explicitly
Last modified: 2017-05-20 10:04:06 UTC
When I want to specify a relative location for a linked picture, I can enter, for example, "./picture.gif" in the "File name" field for this picture, to specify that the picture is located in the same directory as the document. But after that, when I double-click on the picture and select the "Graphics" tab, only the current absolute path is displayed there, though this path correctly updates when I move the document and the picture to another folder. It would be more convenient if the relative path, if specified, were explicitly displayed in this field, instead of the current absolute path.
reassigend to bh
This is no special word processor issue, we need the requested functionality also for the other OOo modules. We have to think about all hyperlink handling, not only for linked images; so thi issue is related to issue 57721
UI seems to be a better subcomponent.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".
IMHO not useful.
IMHO is not an appropriate reasoning for WONTFIX. So I will try deliver in addition ;-) Currently user has few influence whether a link will be absolute or relative. If "relative" is selected in 'Tools -> Options -> Load/Save', all links to sources on the same drive will be relative, all inks to other drives or external sources will be absolute. There is no visible difference between the links, you have to keep in mind that the document you have opened is on drive "C:", os that all linked from "C:...." is linked relative, all from Drive "D:...." is linked absolute. But how can you know from what HDD you opened a document when you have opened via a library like "User\Public\Documents\"? It's not visible from what drive you opened without trying a 'save-As' or checking document properties. And after that I will have to check all my 2500 linked pictures in the document one by one whether there is a "file:///C:/" among all those "file:///D:/" before I can be sure whether there is a relative link between the absolute ones (or vice versa). I would like to see absolute ones in blue and relative ones in black in the list. But finally I have to agree more or less with Edwin, I would prefer a more powerful solution what gives user control to decide whether a link should be absolute or relative, and in that case a marker would be mandatory. So I can accept the WONTFIX, but not because it would be useless, but because such a solution would be half-hearted.