When editing a comment (in an off-page balloon), it is possible to manually set its direction to LTR or RTL, using the toolbar. However, it is _not_ possible to set it using the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+LShift and Ctrl+RShift, which usually switch direction (and work when editing text on the page proper). I'm guessing somebody just forgot to enable these somewhere. A possibly-related issue: bug 114733. Tested with: Version: 6.2.0.0.beta1 Build ID: d1b41307be3f8c19fe6f1938cf056e7ff1eb1d18 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.9; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-US (en_IL); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded but seen at least as early as 5.6.x versions and probably much earlier still.
I can confirm that the bug is present. Version: 6.0.6.2 Build ID: 0c292870b25a325b5ed35f6b45599d2ea4458e77 CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; Locale: en-US (en_US); Calc: group
(In reply to Durgapriyanka from comment #1) > I can confirm that the bug is present. Confirming as per Durgapriyanka's comment.
Repro with 3.3.0 on Win 10.
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Bug still manifests with: Version: 7.4.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 250e4886d85a7e131da76f181b3fa7be02d1a76d CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-IL (en_IL); UI: en-US
Working for me with Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 9fb3970a1a599eae2447f6746597843434ee758b CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.2; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Eyal, please could you retest? I am inside the comment and press Ctrl+leftShift, Or Ctrl+rightShift, and the comment is changing the place it is positioned.
(In reply to BogdanB from comment #6) > Working for me with > Version: 24.8.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community What build is that? The nightly builds are 24.2.something :-( > Eyal, please could you retest? > > I am inside the comment and press Ctrl+leftShift, Or Ctrl+rightShift, and > the comment is changing the place it is positioned. I now encounter the bug intermittently; and it may have something to do with bug 135350. Instructions: 1. Have RTL-CTL support enabled (maybe also CJK? Probably doesn't matter) 2. Create a new writer document (default page style should be RTL and so should the first pargraph) 3. Type in שלום 4. Select the word you've typed (not the whole paragraph) 5. Insert a comment (for me, the comment paragraph direction is RTL, which I would say is a bug, but never mind) 6. Press Ctrl+LShift and Ctrl+RShift a couple of times Expected Result: Comment direction changes back and forth Actual Result: Nothing Happens But - if I now, say, lose application focus, gain it again, click the שלום, then click the body of the comment again, and repeat step 6 - I now _do_ get a direction change. Build info: Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 516f800f84b533db0082b1f39c19d1af40ab29c8 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 6.5; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: he-IL (en_IL); UI: en-US
Renewing my request for escalation - especially seeing how this should really not be a hard problem to fix; also linking to another "Ctrl+L/R-Shift not working" bug. I wonder if there are more.