[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 81118] UI: add "fit page size to drawing" button to the page format window

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81118

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote@utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to sergio.callegari from comment #7)

> > Resizing  a page makes not much sense to me.

@Heiko, when using Draw for illustrations, starting with "canvas" at one of the
default page sizes (or first setting a custom size)--as the drawing is being
finalized it is common to need to adjust the size of the "canvas" to fit the
drawing elements. It is also common to need to remove the margins (set to
zero), early in the session.

> > When you select a couple of objects and export them using the option
> > "selection" the output will have the size of what you have selected. 
...
> Have you actually tried? Unfortunately, it does not, at least not as far as
> export to PDF is concerned on LibO 5.1.4.1. If you have a drawing on say an
> A4 page, and select some objects then export the selection to PDF, you get
> an A4 page with those objects. Furthermore, flows exist which manage images
> directly in ODF format and also for them (which involve no "export") the
> page size needs to be set correctly.

Heiko is correct, the export of selection happens with raster and vector export
formats sizing to a bounding box of the selected Draw objects--regardless of
the background page--which can simply not be selected. Although there is a loss
of background set on the page, significant in composition when using
transparency within the selected objects, but that is another issue.

Unfortunately the export filter for PDF is more restrictive. The Page size of
the document as set is used by the filter (and Draw objects extending beyond
page margins are clipped)--the exported PDF receives that page size. And so the
page must be resized prior to the export. Ability to easily resize the page
"canvas" to all existing Draw objects, or even to just the selected objects
would be a useful enhancement.

And as noted--OLE work flows that make use of the ODG, or export to other ODF
formats are better served with an ability to adjust to Draw document page size
as illustrations are being finalized.

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