I can't confirm it with

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1675a68526c43c6c6e4dc850ee911f0c1de75c88
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL

"dolor" isn't selected, if I move cursor over it (step 4 of word selection in writer)

Same behaviour in text area and commment
- double-click selects ipsum
- three clicks select whole paragraph
- double click in one word and shift+arrow selects further text

Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ? I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to 'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version. Change to RESOLVED WORKSFORME, if the problem went away.

(In reply to Dieter from comment #1)

I could still reproduce the problem in Writer comments.

> - double click in one word and shift+arrow selects further text
All selection is only with the mouse. No keyboard keys or selections are involved in this issue.

Clarified steps to reproduce:

1. Create comment in Writer
2. Paste "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit" to this comment.
3. Double click the word "ipsum" and keep the mouse button pressed -> the word "ipsum" is selected
4. Move the mouse cursor over "dolor" while still keeping the mouse button pressed
-> "ipsum dolor" is not selected, only "ipsum" is selected
5. Move the mouse cursor over "sit" while still keeping the mouse button pressed
-> "ipsum dolor sit" is not selected, only "ipsum" is selected

Actual Results:
Only one word is selected in comment

Expected Results:
Several words are selected in comment

These steps are working in normal Writer text, but not in Writer comments.

I've repeated it with
Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 4cc8406abaf8acd5dc2bdba8d46d6c3c44fbc985
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: x11
Locale: de-CH (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Roland, thank you for a more detailed explanation. Now I can confirm it with

Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 1675a68526c43c6c6e4dc850ee911f0c1de75c88
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: de-DE (de_DE); UI: en-GB
Calc: CL

Additional observation
It's also not possible to drag and drop a selected word in the comment (might be related to the reported problem.

Problem has been reported before in bug 95269, but bug 95269 has a much broader scope. So I don't mark this bug here a s a duplicate.

Retested in Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 612d5b1a04fe022a34018d901bb9b052791d54e5
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.8; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

The same.

Also confirmed in:

Version: 6.4.7.2
Build ID: 1:6.4.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.4
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Changing the earliest version affected accordingly, but wouldn't be surprised if this is inherited from OOo.

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