Description: After manually installing an updated English dictionary extension the "Tools>Options>Language Settings>English Sentence Checking" option is no longer accessible or available. Uninstalling the extension makes the English Sentence Checking" option accessible again, but loses previous user settings. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download and install: https://extensions.libreoffice.org/assets/downloads/41/dict-en-20210201.oxt 2. Look for"Tools>Options>Language Settings>English Sentence Checking" Actual Results: After manually installing an updated English dictionary extension the "Tools>Options>Language Settings>English Sentence Checking" option is no longer accessible or available. Expected Results: After manually installing an updated English dictionary extension the "Tools>Options>Language Settings>English Sentence Checking" option should remain accessible and retain the users original settings. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes OpenGL enabled: Yes Additional Info: Removing user profile has no impact on this bug. Having OpenGL enabled or disabled has no impact on this bug.
Created attachment 169874 [details] Capture of dialogs illustrating the bug. Added attachment.
That happens, because the dictionary and the sentence checking share the same dictionary directory, and extension details (the extension itself doesn't contain the sentence checking). I presume when the extension is updated, LO completely disregards the original. I don't know what a reasonable solution would be, of course the English dictionaries extension could take and integrate grammar checking as well, but would be nicer if they could be updated separately.
This bug persists in LO 7.2.1.2. There is a forum thread on it here where people were trying to work out what is going wrong with LO on this score: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=106341 I'm perplexed in that if this isn't a bug in the English dictionary extension, why has this bug report been filed under "Component: Extensions"? Shouldn't it be filed under "LibreOffice"?
The description of the component says: "For all problems with the Extensions like installation, does not work as expected, GUI looks ugly, interfering LibreOffice function, translation missing / wrong"
The poster 'LastUnicorn' has posted a work-around for this now. The work-around can be seen here: https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=106341#p517149 There is also information there concerning why this 'bug' is happening in the first place, so worth a look. In theory it sounds like it should be fairly easy for LibreOffice to get a fix in place for this.
This bug seems to be resolved. Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: e9374f74385d7dfe77d1902d3d82af20143bc775 CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: fr-FR (fr_FR); UI: fr-FR Calc: threaded