Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 114544
mouse selection in input line has an offset in long text and formula
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:50:59 UTC
When selecting text or placing the cursor in the input line, the visible and the effective cursor position can differ by several characters. This occurs especially for cells with long text or formula. I will attach a screenshot with an example. The example text is: This is a long example text that demonstrates the problem that selecting characters is problematic in the input line I highlighted: "aracters is proble" however, below in the cell the sequence "haracters is probl" is highlighted and when I copy-paste the text the latter sequence is pasted. Steps to reproduce: 1. enter a long formula or a long text into one single cell 2. press enter 3. click on the cell to make it active 4. in the input line, select some text 5. note that the selected text in the input line differs from the selected text shown in the cell below 5. copy and paste that text into another cell 6. note that the pasted text differs from the text selected in the input line expected result: the selected and the pasted text should be identical actual result: the selected and the pasted text differ This can be very annoying because editing text in the input line leads to unpredictable results.
Created attachment 71722 [details] screenshot demonstrating the offset between text selected in the input line and the text that is effectively selected
The bug actually was and is already described here. (e.g. 100303, 102903) It occurs not only when selecting text, but every time you try to set the cursor in an already written (justified) paragraph (-> 100303). Pretty annoying, yes and an impediment for professional use.