Graph point value when mouse hover

maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 4:09pm

Hi All,
Am using V6.3.5.2 on Ubuntu.
I have imported a 1MB CSV file and have produced a detailed graph which is perfect.
What I can’t do is obtain the values of my plots when I hover the mouse over the data.

Any suggestions ?
Cheers,
Bob.

nuncio · January 5, 2022, 10:55pm

I’m using LibreOffice 7.2.4.1 on a new Macbook Pro (M1 Pro) and hovering over chart lines only shows the column name (e.g. Column B) or column title.

anon73440385 · May 26, 2020, 4:29pm

Hello,

you need to be in Edit mode of the chart.

Select the chart (green squares visible)
Right click -> Edit – or – Double click into the chart (grey border appears)

Now you can hover over the data points and get some values.

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[Update 1] (as per request in comment)

Tested using LibreOffice:

Version: 6.4.4.2, Build ID: 3d775be2011f3886db32dfd395a6a6d1ca2630ff
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: kf5; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US, Calc: threaded

Version: 6.3.6.2, 074d8a661f4036fca8fa0cbfa33a497
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: kde5; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US, Calc: threaded

Version: 6.2.8.2, Build ID: f82ddfca21ebc1e222a662a32b25c0c9d20169ee
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: kde5; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US, Calc: threaded

Version: 5.4.7.2, Build ID: c838ef25c16710f8838b1faec480ebba495259d0
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 4.12; UI render: default; VCL: kde4; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); Calc: group

[Update 2] This doesn’t work on any of my GNOME/GTK3 based test systems (Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 , Fedora 32) and seems to be a bug.

Hope that helps.

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maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 4:36pm

No, that didn’t work for me. I changed the graph type to point and lines, but still does not show values.

anon73440385 · May 26, 2020, 4:40pm

The chart type doesn’t matter at all. If that doesn’t work for you it might be a bug in your Ubuntu Version of LibreOffice (if used). You may upload a sample file, to check whether it is specific to the file.

In addition, you wrote:

V6.5.3.2 on Ubuntu.

This version does not yet exist - so please correct.

maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 4:56pm

Corrected.
In the original post, I attach a simple graph made with my version.
Please detail which version you are using too.
Thanks,
Bob.

Edit: I can’t add an attachment to the original post.

anon73440385 · May 26, 2020, 4:58pm

Can’t find an attachment. Versio info - see Update in my answer (but I even can’t remember the time where it did not working that way).

maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 5:02pm

To clarify:
I’ve edited the original post to show the correct version I’m using.
I am unable to upload an attachment to the original post too. Though I’d like to know which version you’re using.
Thanks for your help so far.
Bob.

anon73440385 · May 26, 2020, 5:07pm

Now you can add using the clip symbol

maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 5:10pm

I tried the clip feature, but no joy.
Regardless, I’ll download and install 6.4.4.2 and give that a go and report back.

anon73440385 · May 26, 2020, 5:23pm

Just checked on an Ubuntu Testsystem and I got the same problem when using 6.3.5.2 from launchpad PPA. Doesn’t work with 6.4.4 from libreoffice.org either (even after reset of user profile). Seems to be an issue with GNOME/GTK3 - if using SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen libreoffice6.4 it works.

maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 6:23pm

Some good news. I did a search for SAL_USE… and found the following link: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130090
At the CLI I started LO with “export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen ; libreoffice” and now I have values displayed when I hover over the data.
Many thanks for your help. Bob.

maaadbob · May 26, 2020, 8:59pm

At the CLI, I started LO with “export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen ; libreoffice &”