[Bug 162970] Clone formatting brush does nothing when applied from chart to chart

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162970

--- Comment #3 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #2)
> The formatting paintbrush works on the properties of the graphical object on
> the draw page which holds the view of the OLE-object; and a chart is an
> OLE-object. For how this works see the attached screencast.

That is "not the user's problem". The user does not know, or care, about OLE,
when creating a chart.

> When you edit a chart then you are no longer in Calc, but you are in the chart
module. There do you not even have a formatting paintbrush.

While implementation-wise that is true I suppose, as a user - that does not
matter. The user creates a Calc chart, in Calc, formats it, in Calc, and
expects to be able to copy and paste that formatting for other Charts, in Calc.
It is up to the developers to make that work. If making it work means querying
an OLE object about its formatting - so be it.

> You are likely looking for styles for charts. That is tracked in bug 62925.

Styles-vs-DF for charts is interesting, but even without Chart Styles - the
Clone Formatting brush should be usable with charts.

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