This is a follow-up bug of Bug 40457 "Place captions above tables by default". Also the default preference in Tools > Options > Writer > AutoCaption should show "Above" as position of table captions instead of "Below". (I don't mean that table captions should be enabled by default.)
On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated some days ago, I could reproduce this.
I submitted this patch to review: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/48058/
Heiko/Xisco: any thoughts about the patch https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/48058/ ?
Julien Nabet committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=48c47db6e7e79f0accb3221a34ec03202e8fa413 tdf#115032: Above as default position for Autocaption pref It will be available in 6.1.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Heiko: I tried to put you in cc but even if your email appears twice, there's an error. I cherry-picked the patch for 6.0 branch, see https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/49529/ I don't think it worths it for 5.4 branch but if you think it can help no pb.
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #5) > Heiko: I tried to put you in cc but even if your email appears twice, > there's an error. Jay told me the same but I couldn't verify myself. Will ask infra now.
Julien Nabet committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-0": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=821c5a97049c55fe14b0cb8cb280fe77281d91a5&h=libreoffice-6-0 tdf#115032: Above as default position for Autocaption pref It will be available in 6.0.2. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.