Bug 131341

Summary: Entry location issues after typing alt-k for degrees
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: MarjaE <erwinm>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: serval2412
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.2.7.1 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: macOS (All)   
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Description MarjaE 2020-03-14 20:28:55 UTC 
Open a writer document.

1. Type alt+k to enter the degrees sign, then type space. No space appears unless you type space twice.

2. Type alt+k, then use the mouse to select another place in the same line, and type. The cursor shows at the new location, but the text appears immediately after the degrees sign.

3. Type alt+k, then use the mouse to select another place in the same line, and delete. The cursor shows at the new location, but the degrees sign gets deleted.

4. Type alt+k, then select someplace in another paragraph. Then the cursor move seems to work alright.

Using LibreOffice 6.2.7.1 NBC. Cannot test on standard due to blinking cursor.
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2020-03-15 09:28:43 UTC 
Could you give a try to last stable LO version 6.3.5 and if it doesn't work give a try to 6.4.1?
Comment 2 MarjaE 2020-03-15 18:15:14 UTC 
No, I can't. I have to use NBC due to the blinking cursors.

See bug 100706
Comment 3 Ahmad Haris 2020-03-20 11:16:17 UTC 
I can't reproduce both stable and master.

Version: 6.3.4.2
Build ID: 60da17e045e08f1793c57c00ba83cdfce946d0aa
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.3; UI render: GL; VCL: osx; 
Locale: en-ID (en_ID.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha0+
Build ID: 22225256e8e2c64978fdcd87c5390764a3ac7b6b
CPU threads: 8; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.3; UI render: default; VCL: osx; 
Locale: en-ID (en_ID.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 MarjaE 2020-03-21 06:12:35 UTC 
I'm getting this bug with ABC-Extended keyboard for MacOS, not when using U.S. keyboard.
Comment 5 eisa01 2020-05-02 17:22:22 UTC 
I don't think this is a bug. The ABC extended layout is meant to be used to type more accented characters. E.g., when you then press alt+k it's waiting on the next character to write e.g., the Scandinavian å

You need to press space to dismiss that and only get the degree sign. This is standard behavior on macOS and happens with e.g., the grave character as well

You can now also try to upgrade to the latest version (6.4.3) as bug 100706 has been fixed!