Bug 144355

Summary: Format Clone tool not cloning format to background colored text
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: velteyn
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.1.5.2 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: Windows (All)   
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Attachments: Steps animated to gif
Clone Tool - Steps as per LibreOffice Help

Description velteyn 2021-09-07 14:07:51 UTC 
I think there is an issue with the Formatting clone tool.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Write some normal text with many words.
2) Set background color to 3 words (a line of text) with a background yellow (evidenced)
3) Put the cursor on a WITHE normal text (not evidenced in yellow)
4) Press the infamous "Clone tool" , the cursor changes to a dropping pot
5) Left click over a YELLOW backgrounded text with the "dropping pot" cursor

Nothing happens

I expect that the YELLOW background color turns to WHITE background. But no.. It does nothing

BUT !! If you do the (2) step over a YELLOW text and the (5) on a WHITE text (so you do the opposite) the text normally changes to YELLOW correctly !

So if you want to color a text you can do !! If you want to turn back the color to normal (white) you cannot.
Comment 1 velteyn 2021-09-07 14:36:02 UTC 
Created attachment 174855 [details]
Steps animated to gif
Comment 2 [REDACTED] 2021-09-07 15:38:04 UTC 
You perform the wrong sequence of actions, to get the formatting cloned:

- Put the cursor into the *formatted* text
- Click the "Clone Tool" (icon)
- Select (Paint) the text you want to adapt the formatting you cloned in previous step (keep left mouse button pressed)

Ref: 

LibreOffice Help - Copying Formatting With the Clone Formatting Tool - https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/paintbrush.html?DbPAR=SHARED#bm_id380260 - see steps 1.,2. and 3.

Not a bug.
Comment 3 [REDACTED] 2021-09-07 15:42:51 UTC 
Created attachment 174861 [details]
Clone Tool - Steps as per LibreOffice Help

Attached animation of the procedure as described in LibreOffice Help.