In order to reproduce the bug: [1] Create new text document. [2] Insert OLE object: (a) Insert > Object > OLE Object… (b) Select “Create new” > Object Type: LibreOffice 6.2 Drawing > OK [3] Insert text box in drawing object. [4] Insert special character into text box with respective icon in toolbar Standard. Nothing happens. Expected: Insertion of the special character. Insertion of special characters is possible with menu: Insert > Special Character… > ... Insertion of special characters is also not possible in other OLE objects like spreadsheets, presentations and text documents. The bug first occurs with version 6.0.0. In order to test the bug with older versions you have to add the icon “Symbol” or “Special character” to a Draw toolbar with the Customize function.
Hi Halrald, I confirm your constat. Insertion of Special Charater is impossible with your test conditions since LO 6.0.0.0.beta1 Build ID: 97471ab4eb4db4c487195658631696bb3238656c CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; Locale: en-GB (fr_FR); Calc: CL but is available again since LO 6.3.0.0.beta1 (x86) Build ID: a187af327633f5f00363be5131bd21a13e0f1a7b Threads CPU : 2; OS : Windows 6.1; UI Render : par défaut; VCL: win; Locale : fr-FR (fr_FR); Langue IHM : fr-FR Calc: CL. Sherefore,I'm not sure this will be modified. What do you think? Jacques.
Hi Jacques, thanks for testing. I will check this bug again with version 6.3.0 when it is released in some days. Best Harald
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Confirming with master/6.4. You cannot insert special characters into any OLE object. @Jim, is that something you would be interested in?
Yes I am interested. Thank you for asking. Here is a patch: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/76835/
Jim Raykowski committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/6311bcff7fcef64fbeff482b820671e62faf5ba4%5E%21 tdf#126592 Make special characters insert in OLE objects 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.