OpenOffice

Writer does not select text over background image

Bug #324209 reported by ilpssun on 2009-02-02

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
OpenOffice	Confirmed	Unknown	openoffice-bugs #95811
libreoffice (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned
openoffice.org (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: openoffice.org-writer

When I arrange an image in the background using the setting "no floating" (german: "Umlauf aus") and specify "behind text", the image is displayed correctly in the background and text written is shown on top of the image. When I click-drag the cursor to select parts of the text, though, the selection will not extend past the outline of the background image. When I use keyboard shortcuts (Shift + cursor keys) to select text, the issue does not come up.

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote on 2009-02-03:

Do you still have this problem with the new version of OOo in the ppa at https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive ?

Changed in openoffice.org:
status:	New → Incomplete

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ilpssun (ilpssun) wrote on 2009-02-04:

Oops, my mistake. I forgot to include the version information:
I'm using OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 (OOO300m15, Build 9379) via the launchpad repository (so it's "yes" to your question).

Chris Cheney (ccheney) on 2009-02-04

Changed in openoffice.org:
status:	Incomplete → New

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Chris Cheney (ccheney) wrote on 2009-02-14:

Can you please attach an example document exhibiting this problem?

Changed in openoffice.org:
status:	New → Incomplete

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manuhalo (edipascale) wrote on 2009-03-02:

Template Tesi.odt Edit (75.1 KiB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)

since I noticed the same issue I'm attaching a document as requested. The text can be selected if I move the pointer on the other end of the image, but I can't select the test "mid-image" so to say.

Chris Cheney (ccheney) on 2009-03-03

Changed in openoffice.org:
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Incomplete → Triaged

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-03-03

Changed in openoffice:
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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Briç (brissels-gmail) wrote on 2009-12-15: Re: [upstream] OOo Writer does not select text over background image

Still in 3.1, I suffer the same issue.
One possible solution may be that background image get only selected if you use graphic cursor explicitely.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2011-06-04:

ilpssun, this is unreproducible in LibreOffice Writer. Does this work for you?

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5
  Version table:
*** 1:3.3.2-1ubuntu5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:3.3.2-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete
Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → Low

Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen) on 2011-09-15

Changed in openoffice.org (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Won't Fix

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Björn Michaelsen (bjoern-michaelsen) wrote on 2011-09-15: migrating packaging from OpenOffice.org to Libreoffice

[This is an automated message.]
There are no new official OpenOffice.org releases in Ubuntu packaging anymore => Won't Fix

If the problem persists, please mark this bug as "also affects project Libreoffice" or "also affects distribution Libreoffice (Ubuntu)" if that has not happened already.

Please leave references to upstream OpenOffice.org bugs in place to allow cross pollination.

penalvch (penalvch) on 2011-09-20

summary:

- [upstream] OOo Writer does not select text over background image
+ Writer does not select text over background image

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) wrote on 2015-01-20:

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. This Ubuntu release has reached EOL for Desktops.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Since this bug hasn't been touched in a while and the Incomplete autoclose didn't work, I'm going to close it.

If you can still reproduce on a new version of Ubuntu, please reopen it.