How to avoid unneeded extension lines?

[sirtet]

Thanks dave…
Yes, that was (part of) the problem. But i don’t actually remember to have ever changed that setting, i would have thought that was the default ones.
So for anyone else looking for that post with the detailed solution, it’s this here:

What are my extension lines doing?

I have quite a bit problems adding dimensions. One problem is around extension lines. They are behaving strange, sometimes they seem to flip around while pulling a dimension away from the measured stretch. After placing the dimension, the extension lines seem partly out of the dimension-group when the dimension is clicked again for modification: [image]

But for the post- title, i still would expect LO to reduce the extension lines to zero if they are not needed. Because in the example in the gif, even with the extensionline end arrow only 2pt, it still extends into the chimney, and i have to move it manually.