Bug 159361

Summary: Very difficult fot select text and move between pages
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Sergio <sgc>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: telesto
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.5.9.2 release   
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)   
OS: macOS (All)   
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Description Sergio 2024-01-24 15:11:57 UTC 
Description:
It does not respond to the page down key or to clicking on the scroll bar through the document.

Also, selecting words is very difficult if you manage to

Actual Results:
open a Writer doc
I try to navigate it
sometimes it moves forward or backward, sometimes it doesn't respond at all

Try to select a word or a words group
Sometimes not respond

Expected Results:
Sometimes work, and sometimes don't


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Obviously, work well...
Comment 1 Telesto 2024-01-24 16:05:54 UTC 
This sounds very similar to tdf#155266 which has a fix. The fix for that bug should be included in LibreOffice 7.6.5 and 24.2 (both are planned to be released in February 2024).

In the meantime, a tester found a possible workaround: enable LibreOffice's Skia/Metal rendering option.

To enable Skia/Metal rendering, do the following steps:

1. Open the Options dialog by selecting the LibreOffice > Preferences menu
2. Select LibreOffice > View in the left panel
3. In the right panel, check the "Use Skia for all rendering" and uncheck "Force Skia software rendering" checkboxes as shown in the following screen snapshot:
     https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=191409
4. Press the "OK" button and restart if prompted

Is there any improvement if you enable Skia/Metal rendering?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 155266 ***
Comment 2 Sergio 2024-01-24 16:11:50 UTC 
«Is there any improvement if you enable Skia/Metal rendering?»

Yes! Oh, man (or woman), Thanks a Lot!