Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 103623
objects that are anchored to page are hard to move to other pages
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
objects that are anchored to page are not movable to other page - I understand that these objects are strictly bound to that page, but one should be able to move the anchor by drag and drop, as it is possible with the other anchoring types. but instead if one wishes to change the page the object is anchored to, one needs to select another anchor type, drag it to another page, reselect anchor to page. to reproduce this, anchor an image to a page and try to drag it to another page
It is possible to drag the anchor. Please try again. Choose the smallest zoom and multi pages view, so you can see more than one page. Grip the anchor with the mouse and drag it. When you hit the edge of the window, the view will scroll after a short time of one second or so. Move to the desired page. Tip: Do not try to drop the anchor to the corner of the page, but simple drop it to the text area.
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On my installation, this is definitely not possible,with zoom 20% as with any other zoom. pls see attached video for confirmation. sry for poor quality of it reopen
Created attachment 63625 [details] screen capture where impossibility is clearly shown
ok, now i got your point, but this is still different behaviour to the other anchor types, where moving of the anchor by dragging the object is possible. Why this? Quite counterintuitive
The anchor to page makes an object stick to that page so that it is impossible to *move* it to an other page. Only *drag&drop* (moving its anchor or a long click/drag) to an other page works.
*** Issue 111429 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I would suggest that page-anchored objects be anchored relative to the upstream page-break, rather than an absolute page number, so that one can insert a page before them. This is what seems like "logical" behavior, at least to me. See my comments in the duplicate issue. For example, if you have a long document full of page-anchored objects, at present you cannot add a title page to the front without manually re-positioning all the objects.
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