Description: Beginning with LibreOffice Writer 6.3.1, the display in Writer on a Macintosh (Mojave) is seriously messed up. Various sized grey or white rectangles appear and disappear covering up parts of the document. The bug is also in the latest versions of LibreOffice Writer. Actual Results: Open Writer, type Expected Results: The text is covered over by various sized blank rectangles Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: None
Please give a try to 6.3.5 or 6.4.2. Then, you can try https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/FirstSteps
@geohough : are you using OpenGL rendering ? (Is the option ticked in your General LO preferences ?) I don't see this on Catalina with either 6.3.x or 6.4.x or LibreOffice Vanilla (6.2.8) Please post your graphics hardware and screen type/display.
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