Comment 53 for bug 1481835

(In reply to Bayram Çiçek from comment #47)
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> I don't understand why images handled different in Writer and
> Draw/Calc/Impress.
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> IMHO, should we get rid of Writer-images and convert them into drawing
> objects as like in the Draw? Otherwise, from my point of view, it seems a
> bit complicated to group raster images and raster&shapes. What do you think?

From ODF file format there is no difference. So from my point of view we should get rid of Writer-images. But that is a long way.

You see the differences, if you look at the supported services. You can use the "Development Tools" to easily get an overview.

From user point of view the main differences are:
Writer-images allow a wrap, which is determined by a user defined polygon. You get the wrap polygon via context menu -> Wrap > Edit Contour.
Writer-images have the feature "Image Map". You get the "Image Map" via menu Tools > Image Map.
Draw-images have no UI in Writer to crop them (bug 107843).

So to get rid of Writer-images it would be necessary to implement the services, which are provided by Writer-images for Draw-images too.

Converting a Writer-image to a Draw-image for grouping will work. But I would never do this silently, because it means, that the features of the image will be changed.
If an operation in Draw can only be done with a special kind of object, the user gets a warning, that the object will be converted, and an option to agree or cancel. Try command 'Distort' on a star-shape for example.