Bug 33430

Summary:	Insertion point not visible
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	fundi <mjung>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Don't use this account, use tml@iki.fi <tlillqvist>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	barta, LibreOffice, tlillqvist
Priority:	medium
Version:	3.3.0 RC4
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Windows (All)
Whiteboard:
Crash report or crash signature:		Regression By:
Attachments:	Screen shots

Description fundi 2011-01-24 13:46:17 UTC

When placing the insertion point/bar on a line before the first character/letter in a line in writer the insertion point is virtually impossible to see. 

Possible solution make the insertion point/bar thicker. 

When I say insertion point/bar I mean the vertical flashing line that is also sometimes refereed to as the cursor position. 

I am using Win XP. Classic Theme, LO 3.3 RC4 on a Dell vostro 1510

Comment 1 Rainer Bielefeld Retired 2011-01-24 21:35:05 UTC

@fundi:
Please excuse me, I can't find out what the problem might be. Please contribute a more detailed step by step instruction, screenshots, ...

Comment 2 fundi 2011-01-24 22:59:30 UTC

Created attachment 42435 [details]
Screen shots

Thanks Rainer Bielefeld
I made screenshots so you can see/or not see that the insertion point is invisible when at the beginning of a text line. Open office does not use such a thin line for the insertion point. So making the line thicker will solve the problem.

I hope this helps to clarify the case.

Comment 3 Noel Power 2011-01-25 02:31:10 UTC

Can't reproduce this on windows or linux, on both I see a blinking cursor which is visibly thicker than the margin. On linux I have both libreoffice rc4 and openoffice rc9 side by side and I don't see any difference :-/

tor, any windows... wisdom

Comment 4 Noel Power 2011-01-25 02:35:46 UTC

ok, classic theme makes the difference, -> tml for a deeper look

Comment 5 fundi 2011-01-25 04:14:22 UTC

(In reply to comment #4)
> ok, classic theme makes the difference, -> tml for a deeper look

If the theme is to blame it was not the case in OOo 3.2.1 and any previous version. If something could be done in future it would be awesome.
Fundi
Ps Thanks for the 3.3 relaease all who have helped. Super and congratulatons.

Comment 6 A (Andy) 2013-04-27 13:45:06 UTC

not reproducible with LO 4.0.2.2 (Win7 Home, 64bit)

Does this issue still persist for you with the latest release of LO?

Comment 7 tommy27 2013-08-31 14:57:04 UTC

Not reproducible on 4.1.1 final release under Win7 64bit, and I was using Classic theme (see how to enable here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38175)

Since other users do not confirm this anymore I'm marking this as RESOLVED WORKSFORME. Feel free to reopen if you still see it on recent LibO releases.