[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 98232] Missing help for control points of shapes

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98232

--- Comment #6 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> ---
(In reply to Rafael Lima from comment #5)
> > 1.  Corner radius is only active for textbox.  Always greyed out for shapes.
> 
> I have just tested that in LO 7.2 and indeed corner radius is available only
> for textboxes (actually SvxShapeText objects).

It is active too for legacy rectangles and for the other objects besides the
text box in the "Text" toolbar.
> 
> Currently the help page says "You can only round the corners of a
> rectangular object." however the option was not available for any
> rectangular shape besides text boxes.

See above.

> 
> > 2.  Slant angle can be entered for textbox, but is not saved and has no
> > effect.
> 
> I guess this is something that can be updated in the documentation, saying
> that Textboxes do not support this option.
> 
> However, IMO if textboxes really do not support "Slant angle" then the
> option should be greyed out.

Indeed, they do not support shearing.

[..]
> In summary, I believe the dialog needs some rework to automatically detect
> which options should be available to users based on the selected object.

I support the idea of reorganizing that dialog. My idea would be to move the
shear angle to tab "Rotation" and gray it out there if not applicable. That tab
could be named "Rotation and Shearing" then.
And then have a tab "Object specific", which shows those additional settings,
which are only applicable to the selected object, and has no grayed out parts
at all. Such tab can have the corner radius for the objects from toolbars
"Legacy Rectangle" and "Text", can have the fields for the adjustment values
for custom shapes with handles, and can have the coordinates of the defining
points for dimension lines, and it is not shown at all, if no such object
specific settings exist.

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