[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 125049] New: Request more standard (and useful) way to select anchor point for object align

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125049

            Bug ID: 125049
           Summary: Request more standard (and useful) way to select
                    anchor point for object align
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.2.3.2 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Draw
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: kurt.fitzner at gmail.com

Description:
The use of the align in Draw is not consistent with the way align works in most
other drawing programs, and the way it works now makes it impossible to use in
many circumstances.



Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
The way it works now is that it seems to align all objects to the selected part
of their global bounding box.  So if you select three objects and then use
"Align -> Top", all objects will move to the topmost edge of the topmost
object.  For Align -> Center, it is particularly difficult because all objects
in the selected will move the center of the bounding box.  So if you have
several objects of different height that you want to align with the center of
existing object, you can't.  All objects will move to their global bounding box
center.

Expected Results:
The way most drawing programs (including InkScape and Corel Draw) handle this,
is to make one object in the selection an anchor object.  In InkScape it is the
last object selected in the group.  This means that you can always select which
object to have all other objects reference against.

I can think of almost no instance where you would want to align the centers of
objects and have them all move to the global bounding box center.  Align is
almost always used to bring other objects in alignment with at least one other
object in it's existing position.  Being able to select that object will be
beneficial for all types of alignment and will bring LibreOffice Draw into
agreement with best practices in drawing software.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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