Drawing a diagonal line of specified length?

[williemyers]

In Draw, is it possible to draw a diagonal line of a specified length? I know how to draw a horizontal or a vertical, but not a diagonal?

[mikekaganski]

Draw a horizontal, and then rotate?

[fpy]

@williemyers

specified length

when you draw, the properties are displayed on the bottom line :

@williemyers

diagonal

and from a geometrical pt of view : Diagonal - Wikipedia
you may want to adjust afterwards … : Libredraw - how to make a recctangle with exact dimensions

[Ash733]

I’ve not used Draw much at all but just had a play around and can’t find a way to do this easily. It seems Draw creates lines by defining a rectangle and showing only the line. You can adjust the X & Y axis of the rectangle to adjust the line but would then have to manually calculate the X & Y and angle to match the length of the line you require.

I can see the value in being able to do this easily. Perhaps you could submit a feature request https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/

[williemyers]

Pierre, thanks very much for your solution! But I can not get the same information line, “Create Line” etc., as you have? Here is my bottom line:

[fpy]

@williemyers

bottom line

hum.
indeed, it appears from a Draw window width > ~1080px

[Hrbrgr]

@williemyers

Here is my bottom line:

Please enter your operating system and LibreOffice version here by selecting Help >About LibreOffice from the menu and clicking on the “Version information” button to cache the data and paste it here. Thank you.

[williemyers]

operating system is Mac OS 12.7.5 (Monterey) and LibreOffice 24.2.4.2 (x86_64)

[cwolan]

There are two extensions on the LO Extensions website that one may find useful when it comes to line length:

1. LineProp – simple, interface not in English (be easily changed in the source code to e.g. English)

2. CADLO – if one fancies sort of overkill
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   After making changes to the source code:
   

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[Ash733]

Not OP but thanks for these links