In Draw/Impress the cursor does not show when F6, Ctrl+F6, or sidebar Escape changes focus to text box or shape in edit mode. To repro: 1) Open Draw or Impress 2) Insert a Text box or Shape 3) Enter some text in the Text box or Shape 4) Repeatedly press F6 to move focus Results: Cursor never reappears in Text box or Shape 5) Press Ctrl+F6 Results: Cursor does not appear in Text box or Shape 6) Click in Font size control in the sidebar Properties deck Character panel 7) Press Escape key twice to return focus to draw document Results: Cursor does not show in Text box or Shape until a key is pressed Expected results: Cursor shows in Text box or Shape
Confirmed on Windows 10 Home 64-bit en-US with Version: 6.2.4.2 (x64) Build ID: 2412653d852ce75f65fbfa83fb7e7b669a126d64 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US Calc: threaded
Throwing in the towel on creating a unified patch for this and related bug 50530. Here is a separate patch for this: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/74676/
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/3a662445a0e3666637e5eb140b106a1347f050eb%5E%21 tdf#126061 Make text edit outliner view show cursor It will be available in 6.4.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-6-3": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/d51cabce47914a44a5145f2ebf89f920a4c38cb2%5E%21 tdf#126061 Make text edit outliner view show cursor It will be available in 6.3.0.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.