[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 128216] New: Relative paths (e.g. the paths of the linked images) should be displayed as relative

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128216

            Bug ID: 128216
           Summary: Relative paths (e.g. the paths of the linked images)
                    should be displayed as relative
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: Inherited From OOo
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: johnsmithbeatles at gmail.com

Description:
1. Open Writer. Ensure your LibreOffice options are correct:
     Menu > Tools > Options > Load/Save > General >
     Save URLs relative to file system = True
2. Insert some linked image. The image should be in the same directory with the
document.
3. Close Writer. Move the document with the image to some another directory.
4. Open Writer again. Ensure the image is visible.
5. Close Writer again. Move the image outside the directory. The image should
not be visible in the document anymore.

In case all these steps works correctly for you, you know that the image is
really the linked one, and linked via _relative_ path.

But then, if you look at this relative path, you will notice that it looks like
the absolute one:

  Open image properties window > Open Image tab >
  See that the path in the File Name field looks 
  as the absolute one.

This issue leads to the following drawbacks:

1. First of all, this is just confusing. The user expect that relative paths
should be displayed as relative. Therefore, when they see the relative path
which looks like the absolute one, they think that this one is absolute. 

2. In case the user need to change the relative paths into the absolute ones
(or vice versa), and they already changed them, there will be no visual
"signal" about this change. I.e. the paths "before" and "after" will look the
same.

3. In case the relative paths will be displayed as relative (and absolute as
absolute), it will be much more intuitive to change them. Something like:

  Click on the linked image > Find its path >
  change it from `./foo/bar.png` 
  to `file:///C:/Users/John/Desktop/images/bar.png`


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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